This is a reprint of the obituary that ran in the Boston Globe on February 25, 2009. A tribute to Susan will appear in a forthcoming issue of Literary Matters.
Poet Susan Bullock of the Back Bay section of Boston died unexpectedly at home on Friday, February 20th, 2009. Beloved daughter of Joan Bullock of Camden, [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 25, 2009
In Memoriam: Susan Bullock – 1959-2009
February 13, 2009
Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest
Through the generosity of an anonymous patron, Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies is able to sponsor the fifth annual Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. The editors welcome essays on any aspect of Waugh’s life or work. Essays should normally be no longer than 5000 words or 20 pages. The prize is $250. [...]
February 13, 2009
ALSC Members Present at AWP Conference in Chicago
Several ALSC members are presenters at this year’s Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, held February 11th to 14th at the Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. The AWP Annual Conference is an essential gathering for writers and those in the literature field. Featured readers this year include ALSC members Andrew Hudgins (The Ohio [...]
February 12, 2009
Carole M. Watson Appointed Acting Chairman of the NEH
ALSC congratulates Carole M. Watson on her appointment to the position of Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. President Obama made the appointment on February 10. Read the NEH’s press release here.
Outgoing Chairman Bruce Cole, who served the NEH tirelessly and with great success for an unprecedented 7 years, stepped down on [...]
February 12, 2009
ALSC Celebrates Lincoln’s 200th
ALSC celebrates the memory of arguably the greatest American president. We invite our members and Website visitors to view streaming video from the seminar “Masters of English Prose: Johnson, Lincoln, Churchill,” which ALSC co-sponsored in July of 2007 with the National Endowment for the Humanities and Boston University. The video features a lecture by ALSC [...]
February 5, 2009
Robert Pinsky to Speak Tonight in Chicago
A reprint of a press release of interest.
Art Beyond Borders: Robert Pinsky
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 6 PM
Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission
While serving as U.S. Poet Laureate for an unprecedented three terms from 1997 to 2000, Robert Pinsky founded the Favorite Poem Project, which gave a resonant voice to America’s vigorous and varied [...]
February 4, 2009
Oxford UP Announces New Book by Willard Spiegelman
A reprint of a press release of interest.
Oxford University Press is thrilled to announce the release of Imaginative Transcripts by Willard Spiegelman.
Considered one of the finest critics of poetry writing today, Willard Spiegelman brings his trademark engaging and stylish prose to this collection of his best work on the subject. Spiegelman takes readers on a [...]
February 3, 2009
Azar Nafisi Interviewed by Goodreads.com
In conjunction with the January 2009 release of her second memoir, Things I’ve Been Silent About, author and teacher Azar Nafisi gives an exclusive interview to Goodreads.com for their popular “10 Questions With…” series.
In the interview, Nafisi shares her motivations for writing the book and answers questions about the difficulties of writing to an international [...]
February 3, 2009
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Free Copies of POETRY
A reprint of a press release of interest from the Poetry Foundation.
You supply the readers, we’ll supply the poems!
A limited number of free copies of the April 2009 issue of Poetry will be given to book discussion groups that request them by March 1. You’ll be able to consider the thought-provoking commentary and poems—or simply [...]
