Author Archives: rachel

New Book: Nadia Bozak, El Niño

Nadia Bozak (PhD 2008) has published El Niño (Anansi 2014), the second in a trilogy of novels. She is also the author of The Cinematic Footprint: Lights, Camera, Natural Resources (Rutgers 2011). She currently teaches Creative Writing at Carleton University.

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Award: Sylwia Chrostowska

Sylwia Chrostowska (PhD 2007) has won a Humboldt Fellowship for 2014-2016 for her project “Nostalgia: Culture, Critique, Capital.

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New Book: John Ricco, The Decision Between Us: Art and Ethics in the Time of Scenes

Professor John Ricco’s book The Decision Between Us: Art and Ethics in the Time of Scenes has been published by University of Chicago Press, March 2014.

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Award: Mary Nyquist: Milton and Questions of History

Professor Mary Nyquist has been awarded the Irene Samuel Memorial Prize for Milton and Questions of History: Essays by Canadians (UTP 2012).

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New Book: Teresa Russo (ed): Recognition and Modes of Knowledge

University of Alberta Press has published Recognition and Modes of Knowledge: Anagnorisis from Antiquity to Contemporary Theory edited by Teresa Russo, a collection of articles arising from the Comparative Literature graduate student conference of 2008.  

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Award: Keavy Martin, Stories in a New Skin

Keavy Martin (PhD 2009) won the Gabrielle Roy Prize for the best book on Canadian Literature in English for her book on Inuit literary traditions Stories in a New Skin (Manitoba, 2012).

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New Book: Julija Šukys, Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Simaite

Julija Šukys (PhD 2001) has just published Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Simaite with University of Nebraska Press (2012)

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