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The Fall 2008 Department Newsletter is now available. Read about the activities of our faculty, students, and alumni.
New Collection of Poems
Octopus Books has published Julie Doxsee's collection of poetry, Undersleep. "Spare, bright, and sharp these poems spark, tossing up unexpected words, making strange connections, inventing vocabulary, and in general, cracking open the natural world and letting us watch it tick. Intimate and worldly at the same time, Julie Doxsee is a surprising and deeply gifted poet, and this, her first book, glows in the dark"--Cole Swensen.
Barlow publishes first novel
Duncan Barlow has published his first novel, Super-Cell Anemia with Afterbirth Books. According to the publisher, "this story follows an 'electric' character who must bite down on copper strips to keep from shocking himself. Spending your days trying to avoid spontaneous combustion is a tiring thing..."
Von Drehle writes Time cover story
David Von Drehle wrote the cover story for Time's March 10 issue on the presidential election. David is the author, most recently, of Triangle: The Fire that Changed America and Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Capital Punishment.
DU alums, students start online journal
Daniel Fusch and Ever Saskya--along with DU grad students Jannette MacDonald and Andrew Hallem--have launched a new online journal: Dante's Heart (www.dantesheart.com), "a biannual, online venue for established and new writers and artists to share creative work that explores how myth and fairy tale define and are defined by the human experience(s)."
Dutton forthcoming novel excerpted in Harpers
Danielle Dutton's new novel, Sprawl, soon to be published by Clear Cut Press, was featured in the "Readings" section of the April 2008 issue of Harper's.