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Open Book Award, and a chapbook. Her newest collection, Red Army Red, is scheduled to be published by Northwestern University Press in 2012. She also blogs about the writing life at “Notes from the Gefilte Review” (http://gefiltereview. blogspot.com). The daughter of U.S. diplomats, Dubrow was born in Italy and grew up in Poland, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Belgium, Austria and the United States. She earned her B.A. from St. John’s College and then completed a master’s in creative writing at the University of Maryland and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The poet and professor is already crafting her vision for what the Lit House can be. “I hope that students will continue to see the House as a fun gathering place but will also come to view it as a space in which they can begin practicing the skills, behaviors and strategies of professional writers,” she says. “In terms of programming, I would like to bring more emerging artists to campus—writers who have already built impressive careers but who are also young enough to connect with and inspire our undergraduates. Finally,” she adds, “I’m really interested to see what kinds of interdisciplinary programs the Literary House might be able to offer in the future—for instance, events that merge literature and the visual arts, or theater and the sciences.” Dubrow fills a vacancy created earlier this summer when former director Mark Nowak left to lead the Graduate Creative Writing program at Manhattanville College.
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“We’d been thinking about it for a long time. We’ve seen it at other schools, so the challenge was figuring out how to put it together.” Maynard and her colleagues approached Director of Residential Life Carl Crowe with their idea to create a meaningful residential learning experience for modern language students. “I thought it was a great idea,” he says. “This is about learning the language, learning the culture and building relationships.” “The language suite was a really nice place to live,” Goss recalls. “ Everyone living on the floor was unified by our will to learn a language. We all bonded through our mutual struggle.” Goss became good friends with the exchange student in his suite, Charles Baratin, who encouraged Goss to spend his time abroad in Grenoble. “I got my room assignment from Université Pierre Mendes just a week before I left, so it was comforting to know that Charles would be there if I needed help.” Ƹ½Ã´Á TRSS