This entry is part of a series about 20 Years of African American Literary Studies at SIUE. If you’re reading this blog, then you’re gettin...

This entry is part of a series about  20 Years  of African American Literary Studies at SIUE. I won’t bore you by retelling the full story o...

This entry is part of a series about  20 Years  of African American Literary Studies at SIUE. Since 2003, we offered a total of 23 African A...

This entry is part of a series about  20 Years  of African American Literary Studies at SIUE. In fall 2014, I began organizing meetings with...

This entry is part of a series about  20 Years  of African American Literary Studies at SIUE. As a graduate student, I applied to various fe...

This year marks my 20th year at SIUE. I arrived back in 2003, and in 2013, I wrote a series of blog entries to mark my 10th anniversary, tak...

"It feels like Christmas," said one my graduate students while doing a little dance and holding up her copy of Courtney Thorsson&#...

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