Mar 2, 2016
Ross Gay ’96 Wins $100,000 Tufts Poetry Award
Ross Gay ’96 has won the Claremont Graduate University’s $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his book, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. The Tufts…
English
Oct 26, 2015
Meet the New Faculty
This fall, Lafayette welcomes eight new professors, bringing the College’s total to 215 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Over the past several…
Oct 16, 2015
Ross Gay ’96 Nominated for National Book Award
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, the latest book by Ross Gay ’96, has been named to the shortlist for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry. Gay is…
Jul 22, 2015
Voyages of Literary Discovery
With feet anchored in the past and head steered toward the future, Chris Phillips leads students on voyages of literary discovery. In his Literature of…
May 12, 2015
Students Honored for Academic Excellence
Lafayette honored 129 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation May 3 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes recognized…
Apr 20, 2015
Professor Lee Upton Discusses Latest Book of Poetry
Just in time for National Poetry Month, Lee Upton, professor of English and writer-in-residence, has published her sixth book of poetry, Bottle the Bottles…
Feb 24, 2015
News Flash: Cassidy Taylor ’17 and Adam Valavanis ’17 Learn About Journalism at Straus News
Cassidy Taylor ’17 (East Lyme, Conn.) came to Lafayette ready to major in international affairs because of her love of language and traveling. However…
Feb 23, 2015
Amy Stolls ’87 Advances American Literature
A former journalist and author of two novels, Amy Stolls ’87 has been named director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts after working…
Feb 20, 2015
Brittany Flynn ’15 and Shyla Watson ’15 Explore Internal Communications at Disney
Two Lafayette students find themselves closer to realizing their career goals after spending four days on the job with Marie Garofalo ’10, an internal…
Dec 23, 2014
Award, Nominations, New Works: Faculty Publications News
Several faculty members have recently published new major works or have been nominated or received awards for their books. Anthony Cummings, professor…