The Common Room at Yale
In this series, we drop into the Zoom rooms of faculty, staff, and students in the Yale Department of English to discuss their work, how they came to be at Yale, and what drives them. Cover art by Sarah Harford.
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Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Professor Steph Newell talks about how she became interested in African literature, and how a nine-year-old girl in Lagos transformed the way she researched urban cultures.
Her most recent book is Histories of Dirt in West Africa.
The Common Room is a production of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in the Yale Department of English. Cover art by Sarah Harford; editing and sound design by Robert Scaramuccia '19.
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Fiction writer and Yale lecturer Derek Green discusses his winding path to Yale, how writers read, and why his upcoming novel, about a Midwestern militia, feels more like nonfiction every day. His most recent book is New World Order.
The Common Room is a production of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in the Yale Department of English. Cover art by Sarah Harford; editing and sound design by Robert Scaramuccia '19.