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Venita Blackburn, associate professor, Department of English, published the essay “Why I Write: I Know Ghosts” in Alta Journal.
Additionally, her novel “Dead in Long Beach, California” was included in the Electric Literature list of “65 Queer Books You Need to Read in Summer 2024,” and the NPR list “Best fiction books to read this summer.” The book was reviewed by Christopher Soto in The Nation; and by John Freeman, Steffan Triplett, Anita Felicelli, Stephanie Burt, Taylor Byas, Sarah Stone, and David L. Ulin in a series of analytical essays for Alta Journal’s California Book Club. [transcript]
Mariah Bosch, lecturer, Department of English, accepted a new position as managing editor for Noemi Press.
Dr. Corrinne Clegg Hales, professor emeritus of English, was featured in the documentary short film “A Poet Lives Here,” produced by Marisa Mata for CMAC TV’s EmpowHERd Voices 2024 showcase.
Dr. Lillian Faderman, professor emeritus of English, was featured in the story “Nine years after marriage equality, the union between WLW is more important than ever” in GO Magazine.
Her nonfiction book “The Gay Revolution” was included in the Washington Post’s list of “7 great political books.” Additionally, she was interviewed for the article “Who was ‘Lisa Ben,’ the Woman Behind the U.S.’s first Lesbian Magazine” in Smithsonian magazine.
Randa Jarrar, associate professor, Department of English, had her memoir “Love Is an Ex-Country” included in the Autostraddle list of “75 Books for Every Pride Vibe,” and the Book Riot list of “The Best Recent LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pride.”
Dr. Alison Mandaville, professor, Department of English, presented the workshop “Slow Tech: A Playful Workshop on Using Paper and Crayons for Teaching and Scholarship” for the International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference in Norwich, UK.
Dr. Samina Najmi, professor, Department of English, won the 2024 Aurora Polaris Prize from Trio House Press for her manuscript “Sing Me a Circle: Love, Loss, and a Home in Time.” The memoir, her debut, will be published in 2025. Additionally, she was interviewed for the Insurgent Feminisms podcast, “In Love and War: Collective Memory and the Self,” from the Radical Books Collective.
Dr. Peter Robertson, director, Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, appears in the documentary, "Fresno Pride," which recently had its premiere screening at Maya Cinemas, and is now available to view online.
Dr. René Rodríguez-Astacio, assistant professor, Department of English, published the co-authored book chapter “Miles to go: Tracing Spider-Man’s Puerto Rican identity down many divergent roads,” in the anthology “Transmedia Applications in Literacy Fields,” edited by J.D. DeHart for IGI Global Publishing.
He also published the co-authored articles “Capes, Cultures and Racial Representation in Children’s Superhero Narratives: A Critical Race Content Analysis of DC Graphic Novels for Kids” in the Journal of Children’s Literature; and “Criticality and the Cowl: Teaching Black Superhero Narratives with DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults” in The ALAN Review.
Additionally, he was invited to chair the Children’s Literature Research Award for the Children’s Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Dr. Yamil Sárraga-López, lecturer, Department of Social Work, published the co-authored book chapter “Miles to go: Tracing Spider-Man’s Puerto Rican identity down many divergent roads,” in the anthology “Transmedia Applications in Literacy Fields,” edited by J.D. DeHart for IGI Global Publishing.
Brenna Womer, assistant professor, Department of English, published the essay “Girl” in the Los Angeles Review.
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