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...says Donoghue on the constant turnover in the department. But he also points out that many lecturers are writers first and teachers second, so the five-year term is perfect for attracting talented authors who still want to continue their writing careers after a brief teaching stint. Donoghue sees this as the reason that the department is constantly able to attract a steady stream of literary luminaries.In the past, creative writing courses have been taught by literary heavy hitters such as Seamus Heaney. Courses are also taught by members of other departments who have extensive experience in their field. This...
...traveled to Paris and Düsseldorf. After that there were only a couple of small shows in Russia, until last summer, when St. Petersburg's Russian Museum, assisted by Moscow-based Proactive PR, put together the most comprehensive exhibition of Filonov's work ever assembled. That show's stint in Moscow at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts' Museum of Private Collections has proved such a critical and popular success that it has been extended through March 12. "The show proved even more of a landmark event than we expected," says the Pushkin's private collections director, Nataliya...
...Photographer Hugo van Lawick. The author has a long acquaintance with rough nature: he has lived with East Africa's wild animals for a quarter-century part of the time among chimpanzees with his former wife Jane Goodall. Van Lawick's knowledgeable narrative recalls a life that included a stint covering th digs of Louis and Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge. Buts his prose pales against his vivid photographs...
...when Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan. The party paints itself as the protector of those early secular, nationalist ideals, and a bulwark against radical Islam. The BNP, which is closer to Pakistan and embraces political Islam, argues that it is more religious and tougher on crime. During its recent stint in power the BNP counted on the support of fundamentalist Islamic parties such as Jamaat-e-Islami, sparking Western concerns that the government may have been turning a blind eye as Bangladesh became a base for militant jihadi groups. The BNP and Jamaat consistently denied that the country was harboring...
...Cech couple’s Cambridge stint would be brief. In 1978, they moved back west after Cech accepted an assistant professorship at Colorado. He has remained on faculty ever since. AN IDEA IS HATCHED...