Stories about "Language and literature"
The evolution of TV cooking
Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:25 am
Time magazine reviews Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking…
Genova '92, author of best-selling Still Alice, to visit
Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:47 pm
Lisa Genova, a member of the Bates College class of 1992 whose…
In Praise of Melancholy author to speak
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:55 pm
Eric G. Wilson, whose 2008 book Against Happiness offers a provocative antidote to America's culture of "happiness at all costs," visits Bates College to give a talk called "The Power of Melancholy" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.
Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout reflects on writing
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:44 am
Maine Public Broadcasting reporter Tom Porter interviews Elizabeth Strout ’77, winner of…
College Lecture Series presents in 'Praise of Melancholy' author
Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:24 pm
Eric G. Wilson, whose 2008 book Against Happiness offers a provocative antidote…
Elizabeth Strout ’77 wins Pulitzer for fiction
Monday, April 20, 2009 5:21 pm
The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday. Elizabeth Strout ’77 has received the 2009 award for fiction for "Olive Kitteridge." Read one of the first stories on her award, in the Los Angeles Times.
Senior wins U.S. Critical Language Scholarship to study Chinese
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:40 pm
Anna Levy, a Bates College senior from Portland, has received a scholarship from the federal government to study Mandarin Chinese this summer in a program in Harbin, China.
French professor recognized for integrating service, teaching
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:32 pm
Alexandre Dauge-Roth, an assistant professor of French at Bates College, is one of three Maine college professors to receive a 2009 Maine Campus Compact award for infusing public service and civic engagement into their teaching. Dauge-Roth will receive a Donald Harward Faculty Award for Service-Learning Excellence in the Maine Campus Compact's eighth annual faculty and student awards ceremony April 16 at the Maine State Museum.
Pulitzer-winning novelist Diaz speaks in Multicultural Center event
Thursday, April 2, 2009 11:35 am
Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Junot Díaz welcomed to campus.
Writers from Equatorial Guinea to speak
Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:54 am
Four writers from Equatorial Guinea, the only Spanish-speaking nation in Africa, visit Bates College to give a joint presentation titled "Writing Africa in Spanish: Four Equatorial Guinean Writers Speak of Exiled Dreams" at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.