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One day in the mid-1940s, in the quiet French city of Poitiers, the Surrealist painter André Masson was invited by his doctor to take a look at a curious medical specimen:...
An epiphany isn’t always heralded by trumpets or bolts of lightning. I once had a flash of clarity while unlocking my bike: As if I had also unlocked my mind, I suddenly knew...
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the the Wallace Prize for Fiction! First Place: “Camouflage” by Maude Lechner ’24 Second Place: “Deliverance” by Adriana...
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Heartiest congratulations to the English Department Prize winners for 2023-2024!