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A Mess of Greens: The Story Behind Southern Cuisine

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Combining food and gender studies, UT professor Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt’s new book,  A Mess of Greens: Southern Gender and Southern Food, lies at the intersection...

 
 

UT Professors to Talk Books on C-SPAN

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Sanford Levinson and Julia Mickenberg will be featured this weekend on C-SPAN2 Book TV as the first of 10 UT faculty members providing interviews about their books...

 
 

UT Alum Wins Whiting Writers’ Award

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Scott Blackwood, BA ’88, has joined the ranks of authors like Jonathan Franzen, Li-Young Lee, and Mary Karr. All were relatively unknown when they won the...

 
 

Writer Jennifer Egan Shares “Lateral Curiosity” With UT

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Jennifer Egan turned a stolen wallet into a Pulitzer Prize. Egan had just moved to New York City when a thief lifted a purse containing her wallet. Shortly after,...

 
 

Your July|August Reading List

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State of Minds: Texas Culture and Its Discontents By Don Graham The renowned professor who occupies the J. Frank Dobie chair in literature and teaches the famous...

 
 
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