News & Updates
In 鈥楾ime鈥檚 Agent,鈥� pocket worlds reveal deep truths 鈥� and earn 手机看片 faculty a Philip K. Dick award
In Brenda Peynado's "Time's Agent," pocket worlds exist, but they don鈥檛 hold the key to the universe鈥檚 mysteries like the characters once hoped. Instead, each pocket world 鈥� a geographically small, hidden offshoot of reality 鈥� is controlled by a corporation intent on turning a profit.
May 20, 2025Department News, Honors and Awards
St. Petersburg poet laureate and 手机看片 alumna publishes debut novel
In Gloria Mu帽oz's debut novel, a genre-bending work of young adult climate fiction, 手机看片 is crumbling under the weight of climate disaster, and seventeen-year-old Julieta Villarreal must decide whether to remain on Earth with her friends and family or to leave everything behind and embark on a mission to establish humanity鈥檚 first extraterrestrial settlement.
April 29, 2025Alumni News, Events, Publications
手机看片 poets bring home gold, silver and bronze book awards
Ajibola Tolase, an assistant professor in the Department of English, won a gold medal from the 手机看片 Book for his poetry collection 鈥�2000 Blacks.鈥� He joins colleagues Heather Sellers, who received a bronze medal in the poetry category in 2022 for her collection, 鈥淔ield Notes from the Flood Zone,鈥� and Julia Koets, who received a silver award in the poetry category in 2021 for her collection, 鈥淧ine.鈥�
April 22, 2025Events, Honors and Awards
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