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English professor, author Shawn Wong honored by Association of University Presses

UW News staff — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:34:20 +0000

Shawn Wong, UW English professor and longtime advocate for Asian American literature, has received the 2021 Stand UP Award from the Association of University Presses.

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Undergrad’s first novel, optioned for a movie, features big robots and even bigger feelings

Misty Shock Rule — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:19:56 +0000

UW student Zoe Mikuta’s first book, “Gearbreakers,” is set to come out June 29. Categorized in the young adult genre, it tells the story of Eris and Sona, who live under a tyrannical regime enforced by 100-foot-tall mecha robots. She's sold the film rights to “Gearbreakers” and is currently working on its sequel.

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UW books in brief: Children’s books on STEM professionals, a courageous personal memoir — and UW Press looks back at 100

Peter Kelley — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:57:51 +0000

New books by UW faculty members include children's works profiling STEM researchers and a personal memoir of an immigrant's journey to freedom. Also, UW Press remembers a century of publishing, and a book on British colonialism is honored.

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Book notes: A talk with UW English professor, author Shawn Wong about his UW Press book series for Asian American authors

Peter Kelley — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:52:36 +0000

UW English professor Shawn Wong discusses his UW Press book series. "We're interested in all Asian American authors, particularly classic works that have gone out of print. We are open to anything — fiction, poetry and nonfiction," Wong said. "But we're also interested in new works."

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Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history — UW-authored books, music for the Husky on your list

Peter Kelley — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:19:38 +0000

A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley’s evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns … Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by UW faculty in the last year — and a reminder of some recent favorites. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book “The Code:...

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Joy Williamson-Lott honored for book on civil rights, higher education in South during Jim Crow era

Peter Kelley — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:06:09 +0000

Joy Williamson-Lott, dean of the UW Graduate School and a professor of education, has been honored for her 2018 book "Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order."

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Northwest artists, writers, arts advocates in ‘Mary Randlett Portraits’

Peter Kelley — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:18:30 +0000

Frances McCue discusses "Mary Randlett Portraits," a new book from �� Press she created with the well-known Northwest photographer.

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