Professor and Author Jennifer Finney Boylan’s Book Tour Kicks Into High Gear At Brandeis University

Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She’s Not There, Stuck in the Middle With You and I’m Looking Through You, will continue her book tour on October 15th with an appearance at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.  Boylan will give the 10th Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture for the Women and Gender Studies program.  She has previously

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The Tiger’s Wife author Téa Obreht Visits Georgetown University

In August, Téa Obreht was honored as this year’s Marino Family International Writers’ Academic Workshop author at Georgetown University. The Marino Family International Writers’ Academic Workshop has been taking place at Georgetown since 1995 and has featured authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Margaret Atwood, Dinaw Mengestu (a Georgetown alumnus), and Orhan Pamuk. The Workshop

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A Message from My Orange Duffel Bag Author Sam Bracken

Abandoned at age 15, Sam Bracken battled homelessness, poverty, and abuse to successfully earn a full-ride football scholarship to the Georgia Institute of Technology. When he left for college, everything he owned fit in an orange duffel bag. Now, in this illustrated memoir and road map to personal transformation, Sam shares his story as well as

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