Department Events
The Dept of English Distinguished Lecture Series presented “ Novels , Numbers , & Other Collectives ” with Guest Speaker Caroline Levine , author of The Serious Pleasures of Suspense ; Provoking Democracy ; and Forms .
Stuart
Dybek , whose awards include a Lannan Prize , a PEN / Malamud Award , a Whiting Award , a Guggenheim fellowship , an O . Henry Award , and the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship , gave a Reading & Craft Talk .
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Cinema Studies students attended the Toronto International Film Festival .
The Maurice Brown Memorial Poetry Reading featured Carolyn Forché , whose fellowships include the Guggenheim Foundation , Lannan Foundation , Academy of American Poets , & National Endowment for the Arts .
Outgoing Director of British Studies at Oxford , Brian Connery , and Incoming Director , Susan Lynne Beckwith , took a group of students to live in residence and study abroad at Oxford University in England .
Elizabeth
Graver gave a Reading & Craft Talk .
The American Studies Student Group at Oakland University hosted its Fourth Annual Undergraduate Conference with the 8 theme of " Boundaries ."
Justin Rogers , well known Detroit Slam Poet and Faculty with InsideOut : A Literary Arts Project , held a workshop for OU Poetry Slam participants .