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Thesis Defense:

Audience and Professors Ask Hard Questions.

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Borneo, Boundaries, and borders: Merasa Village

by Sherri Harvey

https://www.endangered.org/borneo-boundaries-and-borders-merasa-village/

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FIRST PLACE: "Lockdown Zuihitsu" by Ume Ali

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THIRD PLACE: ""Camera Obscura" by Ben Soriano

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Academy of American Poets / Virginia de Araujo Prize

WINNER: “My sinking town” by Phuong L. Pham

Honorable Mention: “The Charlatan Nicole Calande

Judge’s Statement: I love how the intellect in this poem reaches . . . both far and deep. I look forward to more poems from her that educate the mind and the heart. --Toi Derricotte, Final Judge

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Student News and Accomplishments: 2020 - 21

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Student News and Accomplishments: 2020 - 21: REED Magazine News

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Creative Writing Faculty: News and Accomplishments

“Godmother Tea,” by Selena Anderson, which can be found in the 2020 edition of The Best American Short Stories, edited by Curtis Sittenfeld, and published yearly by Houghton Mifflin.

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Creative Writing Faculty: News and Accomplishments

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Some of Spangler’s plays: The Kite Runner London West End, �The Forgotten Empress Pakistan, The Story of Zahra Jerusalem, �Albatross Off-Broadway New York, Tortilla Curtain San Diego Rep

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More Creative Writing Faculty: News and Accomplishments

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