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...sought after nonetheless. This year's finalists include Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, Peter Matthiessen's controversial Shadow Country, which came under fire for being a re-written compilation of three novels that he wrote in the 90s and Patricia Smith's collection of poems Blood Dazzler, which describe New Orleans before, during and after Hurricane Katrina. With 1,258 books submitted from more than 200 publishers (nonfiction leading the submission pack with 540 entries), the allure of the golden seal doesn't seem to be tarnishing anytime soon...
...Smith did not discuss specific belt-tightening measures that might be necessary, and did not discount the possibility of a hiring freeze in his response...
...Nothing is off the table right now, except that we’re maintaining our commitment to our financial aid program,” Smith said...
...endowment reductions that could come out of this year are much beyond what we’ve ever experienced,” said Smith. “The largest decrease in any one year was 12 percent. Thirty percent is a long way from that...
...unfamiliar with proverbial belt-tightening, but given the current crisis we will need to go significantly further,” Smith wrote in a statement e-mailed to FAS faculty and staff last week...