Professor of English Steven Yao's book, Foreign Accents: Chinese American Verse from Exclusion to Postethnicity (Oxford 2010) has been selected by the Association for Asian American Studies for its Book Award in Literary Studies.

The Hamilton English and Creative Writing community was privileged this week to have a visit from 2011 spring writer-in-residence Terrance Hayes. Hayes, an acclaimed author of four collections of poetry—Hip Logic, Muscular Music, Wind in a Box and Lighthead—is a professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University.

Terrance Hayes, acclaimed poet and professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, will conduct a workshop and present a reading at Hamilton. Hayes is the spring 2012 writer-in-residence.  The workshop, Reading to Write, will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 25., at 4 p.m., in the Days-Massolo Center, and the reading is Thursday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Center.  Spaces are limited for the workshop.

Professor of English and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman published four poems in the online journal Hamilton Stone Review.

Professor of English and American Studies Catherine Gunther Kodat was invited to provide commentary on the work of four scholars showcasing their recent research at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association, held in Baltimore Oct. 20-23.

Prize-winning poet Iain Haley Pollock will conduct a workshop and read from his work on Thursday, Oct. 20, at Hamilton.  The workshop "Too Black": The Intersection of Identity, Politics and Creativity in Contemporary Poetry" will take place at 4 p.m. in the Days-Massolo Center. Pollock's reading will begin at 8 p.m. in Dwight Lounge. Both events are free and open to the public.

Austin Briggs, Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English, Emeritus, took an active role in the North American James Joyce Conference held in June at Caltech and the Huntington Library in Pasadena, Calif.

Catherine G. Kodat, professor of English and director of the American Studies program, has contributed a chapter to A Companion to American Literary Studies.

Assistant Professor of English Katherine Terrell published an essay titled "Depicting Identity: Cartography, Chorography, and the Borders of Pre-Reformation Scotland" in The Shaping of Scottish Identities: Family, Nation, and the Worlds Beyond. The collection was edited by Jodi A. Campbell, Elizabeth Ewan and Heather Parker.