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Dawes named Jamaica’s next Poet Laureate

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Kwame Dawes Dawes named Jamaica’s next Poet Laureate
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Kwame Dawes reading poetry Dawes’ deep dive into Marley lyrics spurred by lifelong love, Jamaican connections
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closeup of letter from Willa Cather files NEH institute puts scholars on Cather’s literary path
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"One Brilliant Frame" book cover Castro set to debut historical thriller ‘One Brilliant Flame’
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patrons using African Poetry Library in Uganda Project earns funding to study book distribution in Africa
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Timothy Schaffert Schaffert’s ‘Perfume Thief’ earns international recognition
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cover of book "Flight Risk" Castro’s ‘Flight Risk’ thrills, challenges readers
English/Ethnic Studies/Grand Challenges/

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Lorna and Kwame Dawes Mellon grant to transform African poetry research, scholarship
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Melissa Homestead Forthcoming book centers Willa Cather’s partnership with Edith Lewis
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stock photo of man reading to child Trends in children’s lit track America’s racial history, research shows
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Kenneth Price Researchers exploring Whitman’s journalism for clues to his poetic vision
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities/Digital Humanities/English/History/Journalism/

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‘Anna’ filmmakers begin new doc, ‘The Bell Affair’
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Obioma’s new novel makes Booker Prize shortlist
Arts and Sciences/Awards and Recognitions/English/

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Ronning to explore student life through Cather lens
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Bell, Dawes, Scalora, Tsymbal earn top NU honors
Agriculture/English/Physics/Psychology/Public Policy/

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Digital humanities research nets NEH funding
English/History/Humanities/

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Dawes’ poetry earns Windham-Campbell Prize
Arts and Sciences/Awards/English/

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Huskers help create George Eliot digital archive
Digital Humanities/English/Student Research/

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Nebraska-produced ‘Anna’ selected for film festivals
Arts and Sciences/English/History/

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Jewell’s Nebraska Lecture to highlight lessons from Cather’s life
Digital Humanities/English/Research Events/

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Cather’s handwritten musings become part of the internet age
Digital Humanities/English/University Libraries/

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Homestead, Sapirstein receive NEH fellowships
Digital Humanities/English/Humanities/

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Nebraska scholar working to bring Cather’s partner to the fore
Education/English/History/

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Whitman Archive continues publishing literary giant’s letters
Digital Humanities/English/History/

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‘Anna’ team combines to tell slave’s story through innovation
Arts and Sciences/English/History/

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Supercomputer helps crack the code for bestselling books
Computer Science/Digital Humanities/English/

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Upgrades to archive lift Livingstone’s mythical veil
Digital Humanities/English/History/

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Willa Cather’s nephew leaves $5.8M to UNL
Campus News/English/University Libraries/University of Nebraska Foundation/

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