The Raymond Federman Papers Raymond Federman – novelist, poet, critic, translator – was nothing if not prolific. And now, his literary papers are fully...
Reflections on Roger Baldwin and WashU As an intern helping compile the ACLU of Missouri’s history, one of my tasks involved learning more about Roger Nash Baldwin...
LGBTQ History and Black History Month The Zebra Lounge is one of 800+ locations connected to LGBTQ history that are documented online in Mapping LGBTQ St. Louis. In the 1980s...
Faculty Book Talk Q&A: Provost Holden Thorp Discusses ‘Our Higher Calling’ In recent years, higher education in the United States has come under fire thanks to rising tuition costs and the...
Readers on The William H. Gass Reader On the occasion of the publication of The William H. Gass Reader, we asked two writers and Gass aficionados about how his...
Eyes on the Prize Receives the 2019 Cinema Eye Legacy Award We are excited to announce that Eyes on the Prize is the recipient of the 2019 Cinema Eye Legacy Award. This...
Mary Jo Bang Celebration On November 30, 2018, Washington University celebrated Mary Jo Bang–her work as a poet, English professor and artist, and her...
Fore-Edge Paintings We’ve all heard that you can’t judge a book by its cover, but what about its pages? Today we will...
Reference Volumes on Native American Tribes As we come to the end of Native American Heritage Month, we want to highlight some of the extensive volumes...
Self-Portrait with Others: A Celebration of Mary Jo Bang Poet and Washington University Professor Mary Jo Bang has spent over thirty years writing, publishing, and teaching poetry. On November...
A Look at LGBTQ+ Periodicals As part of our continued celebration of LGBT History Month this October, we are highlighting a few of the historic...
WWI Collections: Remembering Charles Duncker Jr. Today, October 17, is the 100 year anniversary of the death of Washington University alum Captain Charles Henry Duncker Jr.,...