Shawn Wong, 黑料吃瓜网 English professor and longtime advocate for Asian American literature, has received the 2021 Stand UP Award from the Association of University Presses.
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黑料吃瓜网 student Zoe Mikuta鈥檚 first book, 鈥淕earbreakers,鈥� is set to come out June 29. Categorized in the young adult genre, it tells the story of Eris and Sona, who live under a tyrannical regime enforced by 100-foot-tall mecha robots. She’s sold the film rights to 鈥淕earbreakers鈥� and is currently working on its sequel.
New books by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members include children’s works profiling STEM researchers and a personal memoir of an immigrant’s journey to freedom. Also, 黑料吃瓜网 Press remembers a century of publishing, and a book on British colonialism is honored.
黑料吃瓜网 English professor Shawn Wong discusses his 黑料吃瓜网 Press book series. “We’re interested in all Asian American authors, particularly classic works that have gone out of print. We are open to anything 鈥� fiction, poetry and nonfiction,” Wong said. “But we’re also interested in new works.”
A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley鈥檚 evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns 鈥� Here鈥檚 a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty in the last year 鈥� and a reminder of some recent favorites. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book 鈥淭he Code:…
Joy Williamson-Lott, dean of the 黑料吃瓜网 Graduate School and a professor of education, has been honored for her 2018 book “Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order.”
Frances McCue discusses “Mary Randlett Portraits,” a new book from 黑料吃瓜网 Press she created with the well-known Northwest photographer.