Stories about "death"
Professor wins Warhol grant for book on artistic rituals of death and loss
Monday, January 24, 2011 1:31 pm
According to the Warhol Foundation, the grant of more than $35,000 is "designed to encourage and reward writing about contemporary art that is rigorous, passionate, eloquent and precise, as well as to create a broader audience for arts writing."
Lavina Shankar discusses 'dogs and their humans'
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:32 pm
Professor of English Lavina Shankar was inspired by the loss of her beloved pet German shepherd to cancer three years ago to create a course using literature as a lens through which to examine the unique relationship between canines and humans. She's giving a talk about "dogs and their humans" on Thursday, March 19.