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A Note From the Chair

As the academic year draws to a close, it is time to celebrate the achievements of faculty, guest lecturers, staff, alumni and students. Below you will see what is probably only a sample of their impressive record of publication. Please let us know if we have omitted your achievements – it is important for us to record publications and prizes to encourage our new students, already signing up for next year’s courses. Although Will Boast will be on leave in Rome next year (collectively we struggle against our envy), we’ll be welcoming Chicu Reddy and Jen Scappettone back among us, and soon will announce an extraordinary lineup of events. Enjoy the summer!

John Wilkinson
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Q: What would Jonathan Swift term dubstep?

A: A wail of a wub.

Q: What does an organized religion both aspire to and, distinctly, fear?
A: A hale of a hub.

Q: What part does theology play in such an aspiration?

A: A sail of a sub.

Q: What consolation does one resort to?
A: A pail of a pub.

Q: What is religion?

A: A nail of a nub.

About the Author

A Note from the Chair

2014 was a year when Creative Writing welcomed new full-time faculty in fiction, when our small group of full-time and visiting faculty published a remarkable number of books and chapbooks from distinguished presses, across fiction, non-fiction and poetry; and when extraordinary graduate and undergraduate students also published collections of poetry. We continued to respond to ever-increasing demand for our courses. We saw increasing audiences for readings, especially those supported by our partners in the Logan Center and the Committee on Social Thought. And we completed a great administrative team. Congratulations and thanks to all. And more, much more follows.

John Wilkinson

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