literature

U.S. News ranks WSU Writing Program in top 19 nationally

 By Emma Epperly, Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – The Writing Program at Washington State University has been ranked among the top 19 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its annual “Best Colleges” issue released on Sept. 12.

Feb. 21: Literature helps understand today’s issues

PULLMAN, Wash. – Parallels between past- and present-day concerns – and how literature helps illuminate them – will be discussed by Washington State University English professor Donna M. Campbell in “Edith Wharton’s Two Americas” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Goertzen 21.

June 5: Web-book chronicles history of digital literature

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A Web-book showing the history of electronic literature will launch online noon-2 p.m. Monday, June 1, with live tweeting and blogging by creators Dene Grigar, associate professor at Washington State University Vancouver, and Stuart Moulthrop, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

March 24: Alum speaks on Nobel winner Mario Vargas Llosa

By Peggy Perkins, Honors College PULLMAN, Wash. – “A Nobel Laureate’s Journey: Stockholm via Pullman,” about the life and works of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, will be presented by Washington State University alumnus Raymond L. Williams at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in the Honors Hall Lounge at Washington State University.

Digital literature preservation series launches at Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Much early digital literature can no longer be experienced because today’s technology has passed it by. A videotaping series at Washington State University Vancouver will help preserve the early literature and the human experience of interacting with it.   The first session will debut July 8-9 with Stuart Moulthrop, professor of English […]