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Welcome to in progress..., a periodic report of the scholarly, creative, and professional activities of the English Department faculty at Harper College. The newsletter will be published approximately twice a semester and feature the work of four faculty members per issue.

The print version of the newsletter offers excerpts of faculty work. Extended versions of those excerpts are available below...

Nationalism vs. Un-Nationalism: Vietnamese and American Poetry About the Vietnam Conflict
Professor Andrew Wilson, in an essay prepared for the Third World Studies Annual Conference in Taiwan, discusses both American and Vietnamese poetry about the Vietnam War.

The Cult of Saint Michael
Professor Rich Johnson shares a section of the second chapter of his book-length manuscript on the cult of St. Michael the Archangel in medieval England.

A Book of Her Own: Postmodern Practices in Contemporary American Women Writers' Experimental Fiction
Seema Kurup shares a section of the first chapter of her dissertation on contemporary American women writers Louise Erdrich, Lorrie Moore, and Carole Maso.

Commute
Annie Davidovicz, faculty editor of Point of View, shares one of her recent poems, "Commute."


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