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Evan Lavender-Smith
Evan Lavender-Smith (born 1977) is an American writer, editor, and professor. Lavender-Smith was raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He received a BA in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 and an M.F.A. in Fiction from New Mexico State University in 2004. He is the founding editor of Noemi Press and the former Editor-in-Chief of ''Puerto del Sol.'' He teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Virginia Tech. Books ''From Old Notebooks'' (2010) Lavender-Smith's first book, ''From Old Notebooks'', a cross-genre work combining elements of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry and philosophy, was published in March 2010. Writing in ''Rain Taxi'', literary critic and Harvard University professor Stephen Burt called ''From Old Notebooks'' "an anti-masterpiece of an anti-novel," noting novelist David Markson's influence on the book. In ''TriQuarterly'', Barry Silesky wrote that ''From Old Notebooks'' "defies placement in a genre ... It is structured like po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's two flagship universities, along with the University of New Mexico. NMSU has extension and research centers across the state, including campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana County, and Grants. Initially established as Las Cruces College, NM State was designated a land-grant college in 1898 and subsequently renamed New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; it received its present name in 1960. NMSU had approximately 21,700 students enrolled as of Fall 2021 and a faculty-to-student ratio of roughly 1 to 16. NMSU offers 28 doctoral degree programs, 58 master's degree programs, and 96 baccalaureate majors. New Mexico State's athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Western Athletic Conference except for foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Boully
Jenny Boully (born 1976) is an author and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowships award in 2020 for general nonfiction. She is the author of ''The Book of Beginnings and Endings'' (Sarabande Books, 2007), ''The Body: An Essay'' ( Slope Editions, 2002 and Essay Press, 2007), and '' ne love affair'' (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2006). Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as ''Boston Review,'' '' Conjunctions,'' ''Puerto del Sol,'' ''Seneca Review,'' and '' Tarpaulin Sky Press, Tarpaulin Sky'' and has been anthologized in ''The Next American Essay,'' ''The Best American Poetry,'' and ''Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present.'' Early life and education Born in Korat, Thailand and reared in San Antonio, Texas, she has studied at Hollins University and the University of Notre Dame and is currently working on her PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She divides her time between Texas and Brooklyn. Career Boully's first book, ''The Body,'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of California, Berkeley Alumni
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman empe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. Founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, the founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. History Founded by Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes, and Shane Smith (the latter two being childhood friends), the magazine was launched in 1994 as the ''Voice of Montreal'' with government funding. The intention of the founders was to provide work and a community service. When the editors later sought to dissolve their commitments with the original publisher, Alix Laurent, they bought him out and changed the name to ''Vice'' in 1996. Richard Szalwinski, a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Book Review
''American Book Review'' is a literary journal operating out of the University of Houston-Victoria. Their mission statement is to “specialize in reviews of frequently neglected published works of fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism from small, regional, university, ethnic, avant-garde, and women's presses.” In addition to publishing the ''American Book Review'' six times a year, ''American Book Review'' and the University of Houston-Victoria organize the UHV/ABR Reading Series. Hosting over a hundred speakers since the ''American Book Reviews conception, the reading series “features nationally recognized writers on extended visits to the Victoria campus.” Guests read from their most recent works, participate in discussion with UHV faculty and staff, and offer signed editions of their work for purchasing. History The ''American Book Review'' was founded in 1977 by Ronald Sukenick. According to author and essayist Raymond Federman, in his reading with ''Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tieryas
Peter Tieryas is an American writer. He is the author of ''Bald New World'' (2014) and the ''Mecha Samurai Empire series'' which consists of ''United States of Japan'' (2016), ''Mecha Samurai Empire'' (2018), and ''Cyber Shogun Revolution'' (2020). He attended the University of California Berkeley. Tieryas is a Lead Character Technical Director at ''Sony Pictures Imageworks'' and has worked at ''LucasArts'' as both a technical artist and technical writer. Many of his stories involve the American Dream, conflicted identity in dystopian futures, and strange romance amidst culture clash. Career His work has appeared in literary journals including the ''Indiana Review'', '' Evergreen Review'', ''Existere'', '' Gargoyle Magazine'', '' Hobart (magazine)'', ''Kotaku'', '' Kyoto Journal'', ''New Letters, Subaru,'' ''Tor.com'', and ''ZYZZYVA''. His filmography includes ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Men in Black 3'', ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'', '' I Am Legend'', ''Hotel Transylvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Warrior Review
''Black Warrior Review (BWR)'' is a non-profit American literary magazine founded in 1974 and based at the University of Alabama. It is the oldest continuously run literary journal by graduate students in the United States. Published in print biannually, and online annually, ''BWR'' features fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and art. Work appearing in ''BWR'' has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize collection, ''The Best American Short Stories'' (2009), ''Best American Poetry ''The Best American Poetry'' series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems. Background The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year. Lehman, still the general ...'', and '' New Stories from the South''. The Spring 1978 issue was the first to feature graphics and included a photo essay by Diane Mastin. ''Writer's Digest'' has named ''BWR'' as one of 19 "magazines that matter". In 2018, ''BWR'' began its annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Faster Times
''The Faster Times'' was an online newspaper launched by Sam Apple on July 9, 2009. Many print newspapers were going out of business and reporters were losing their jobs. ''The New York Times'' reported that in this climate, Apple was able to recruit professional writers guaranteeing them only 75% of revenue from advertisements placed near their stories. In 2010, the paper began a membership program that allows readers to subscribe. Incentives are given to subscribers, but online content continues to be available to the public. ''The Faster Times'' (TFT) is modeled in part after ''Talking Points Memo'', in part after ''The Huffington Post''. Writers and editors at TFT include award-winning novelists and non-fiction book writers, university professors, a TV comedy writer, and contributors to ''The New York Times'', ''The New Republic'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The New Yorker'', '' Vanity Fair'', the '' International Herald Tribune'', ''The Christian Science Monitor'', '' GQ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kimball
Michael Kimball (born February 1, 1967) is a novelist from the United States. Life and career Michael Kimball was born February 1, 1967, in Lansing, Michigan. He studied at List of Michigan State University people, Michigan State University and New York University, and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Kimball is a founding editor of ''Taint Magazine'', He is the author of ''The Way the Family Got Away'' (2000); ''How Much of Us There Was'' (2005), released in the U.S. as ''Us'' (2011); ''Dear Everybody'' (2008); and ''Big Ray'' (2012). He has also published the book ''Words'' (2010) under the conceptual pseudonym Andy Devine. Kimball's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. Kimball is the recipient of a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a Boswell and Johnson Award, and the Lidano Fiction Prize. His short fiction has also appeared in numerous literary magazines, including ''Open City (ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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