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English Prof. Paul Mariani has won the twelfth annual John Ciardi Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. More
English Professor Suzanne Matson received a Fellowship award from the American-Scandinavian Foundation for travel to Finland this summer as part of the research for her historical novel-in-progress, The Liberty Committee. She'll travel to Lehtimäki and Alajärvi, the villages in west central Finland from which her characters originated, as well as making a visit to the port city of Hanko, where early 20th-century emigrants from Finland embarked on their voyages to America.
With two volumes featuring the work of more than 100 writers of prose and poetry, 'An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature'-edited and co-translated by BC's Maxim D. Shrayer-is deemed 'A Wonder' by The Forward.
English Adjunct Brian Sousa just won a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Grant. He is now working on his second book this summer in Snug Harbor. The Providence Journal
Recipient of another distinguished award: English Ph.D. student Jaime Goodrich has received a AAUW Dissertation Fellowship for next year. Jaime is also the recipient of a 2007 Renaissance Society of America Research Grant.
Shannon Briggs Says NYET: On June 2 in Atlantic City WBO heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs defends his title against Sultan Ibragimov, a southpaw from Dagestan, in the northern Caucasus. A mere title bout it is not, says BC's Carlo Rotella who tells the back story in the New York Times Magazine.
Lesson from History: Britain's bicentenary of the slave trade's abolition should remind us how easy it is to become comfortable with distant atrocities, writes English Associate Professor Beth Kowaleski Wallace in the Christian Science Monitor.
Well-deserved honor: English Professor Christopher Wilson has won the 2007 Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) Geoffrey A. Marshall Mentoring Award.
Promoting social justice through the teaching of writing: Assistant Professor of English Paula Mathieu has won the 2007 Rachel Corrie Courage in the Teaching of Writing Award. More...