News and Events
New Books and Works Published by UAF Faculty
- Chris Coffman recently published a new article on psychoanalytic queer theory in Culture, Theory, and Critique. Read the article here
- Jennifer Schell, Assistant Professor of English, has a forthcoming book through the University of Massachusetts Press, entitled A Bold and Hardy Race of Men: The Lives and Literature of American Whalemen, focusing on masculinity in American whaling literature.
- David Crouse recently published a new short story, "Nomads" in The Literarian. The story can be read online for free here.
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Derick Burleson, Associate Professor of English, has recently had two books of poems published:
Alan Heathcock to read at Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series
February 1st, 7:00PM, Wood Center Ballroom
The Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series (MSVWS) of the University of Alaska Fairbanks English Department is pleased to announce Alan Heathcock's upcoming reading at UAF in the Wood Center Ballroom on the UAF Campus Friday, February 1st, at 7:00 PM.
ALAN HEATHCOCK’s fiction has been published in many of America’s top magazines and journals. VOLT, a collection of stories, was a “Best Book 2011″ selection from numerous newspapers and magazines, including GQ,Publishers Weekly, Salon, the Chicago Tribune, and Cleveland Plain Dealer, was named as a New York Times Editors’ Choice, selected as a Barnes and Noble Best Book of the Month, as well as a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize. Heathcock has won a Whiting Award, the GLCA New Writers Award, a National Magazine Award, has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and is currently a Literature Fellow for the state of Idaho. A Native of Chicago, he teaches fiction writing at Boise State University.
Comprehensive Exam Date
The date for the comprehensive exam for MFA and MA students has been set. The test will be administered on the 16th of February.
David Crouse shortlisted for "Best American Short Stories 2012"
MFA Faculty member David Crouse's short story "The Sleeping Mother" was recently shortlisted for Best American Short Stories 2012. The Best American collection compiles the best short stories published within the last year, honoring some of the biggest names in American short fiction. Congratulations David!