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Lit Arts Alums Release New, Interactive Novella for iPad

PRY, a hybrid, online interactive novella created by Literary Arts alums Samantha Gorman AB ’06, MFA ’10, and Danny Cannizzaro, AB ’06, has been released for iPad.

PRY was one of three finalists for the inaugural Time Warner Future of Storytelling Prize, awarded in October 2014. The FoST prize seeks to recognize “the world’s most adventurous story creators, working across platforms to mastermind boldly interactive narratives.”

(Distributed October 17, 2014)

Cuban Fiction Writer, Blogger and Photojournalist Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo named 2014 – 15 International Writers Project Fellow

The Department of Literary Arts and the International Writers Project are pleased to welcome Cuban fiction writer Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo to Providence. Recipient of the International Writers Project Fellowship for 2014 – 15, Pardo Lazo will be in residence at Brown through February.

(Distributed September 11, 2014)

Graduate Application Open September 1st

Brown University's Graduate School online application will be available beginning September 1, 2014. Please log on to the Grad School website for more information.

(Distributed August 27, 2013)

John Cayley featured in Huffington Post article

John Cayley, Professor of Literary Arts is featured in an article on Digital Language Arts in the Huffington Post. The article can be found at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/illya-szilak/e-literature_b_2803299.html

(Distributed May 13, 2013)

Sirees writes New York Times Article

The New York Times ran a moving article by current Brown IWP fellow, Nihad Sirees, reminding us of the fragile situation in Syria. See "A Song of Lament for Syria" - April 26, 2013.

(Distributed April 29, 2013)

CD Wright to receive Presidential Faculty Award in Fall 2013

At the monthly faculty meeting Tuesday, April 2, President Christina Paxson announced the Brown University Presidential Faculty Award inaugural recipients: Poet C.D. Wright (fall 2013) and Charles Larmore, professor of philosophy (spring 2014). Recipients will receive a research stipend and will present their work to faculty colleagues in other disciplines.

with link to: http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/04/presidential

(Distributed April 8, 2013)

Spring 2013 Prizes Announced

The Department of Literary Arts is pleased to announce the selected writings for the 2013 Prizes in Literary Arts. Thank you to all who entered their work, and congratulations to the selected writers.

To view the list of selected writing, click Literary Arts Prizes.

(Distributed April 5, 2013)

IWP Fellow Nihad Sirees Interviewed on CNN

This year's International Writers Project fellow, Nihad Sirees, whose new book, The Silence and the Roar, bears witness to a fictionalized version of his native country, Syria. While in London for the launch of the book, Nihad Sirees was interviewed by CNN -- see an edited version of that interview at CNN.com Exiled Syrian Writer: Why I Fled

(Distributed February 22, 2013)

IWP Fellow, Nihad Sirees, Receives PEN Award

Syrian novelist Nihad Sirees, Brown University’s 2012-13 International Writers Project Fellow, has been named as the recipient of an English PEN Award for outstanding writing in translation for his novel, The Silence and the Roar.

(Distributed November 29, 2012)

Literary Arts Welcomes 2012-13 IWP Fellow Nihad Sirees

Literary Arts and the International Writers Project are pleased to welcome to Brown Syrian novelist Nihad Sirees, recipient of the 2012 – 2013 International Writers Project Fellowship. The IWP Fellowship provides a stipend and working space to writers who have been subjected to political harassment, imprisonment, or death threats in their homeland.

(Distributed October 3, 2012)

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