Patrick Hamilton and George Perez book cover

Flying with the man behind the capes

Sept. 18, 2024

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alumnus Patrick Hamilton discusses his new book on influential comic book artist George Pérez during Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Stephen Graham Jones slashes his way into Texas literary history

Sept. 6, 2024

The CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Ineva Baldwin Professor of English is part of a Texas Literary Hall of Fame induction class that includes Cormac McCarthy and Molly Ivins.

Photos of John Krasinski playing Jim Halpert on "The Office"

Jim Halpert is looking at all of us

Aug. 5, 2024

In a recently published paper, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ PhD student Cooper Casale interrogates Jim Halpert’s direct-to-camera gaze in The Office and its similarities to what he calls the ‘fascist look.'

A woodcarving depicting the Black Death in Italy

We fear them like the plague

July 18, 2024

After a human case of bubonic plague was confirmed in Pueblo County last week, CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scholar Thora Brylowe explores why it and all plagues inspire such terror.

Julie Carr and Mud, Blood and Ghosts book cover

Ghost stories: understanding a present haunted by the past

June 7, 2024

A CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ poet considers the socioeconomic and political environment of the turn of the 20th century through the history of her own family.

Jesse Stommel and Undoing the Grade book cover

English alum flunks grades in new book

May 15, 2024

Jesse Stommel compiles two decades of eyebrow-raising in Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop.

Humphrey Bogart in a scene from "The Big Sleep"

A guy, a gun and a dangerous blonde … and why we like them

March 28, 2024

Remembering writer Raymond Chandler at the 65th anniversary of his death, a CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ English scholar reflects on the hard-boiled investigator and why this character still appeals.

Stephen Graham Jones and cover of The Angel of Indian Lake

Writing a final girl’s last stand

March 25, 2024

The Angel of Indian Lake, book three of CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Professor Stephen Graham Jones’ Indian Lake Trilogy, comes out Tuesday.

Nick Romeo and "The Alternative" book cover

CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alum is challenging sacred economic shibboleths

March 14, 2024

Nick Romeo’s ‘The Alternative’ uses real-world examples to push back on ‘unempirical dogmas’ of modern economics.

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How to pen that novel: ‘Put your heart’s blood on the page’

Dec. 21, 2023

Award-winning author and CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Professor Stephen Graham Jones shares advice with writers who are reflecting on their 50,000 words from National Novel Writing Month.

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