The Bucknell University Press Stories of the Susquehanna Valley series, edited by Katherine Faull and Alfred Siewers, has inspired a series of documentary projects funded by Bucknell, with one film produced by WVIA and several others produced by Bucknell students. …
Beverly Cleary’s 102nd Birthday
Happy Birthday to Beverly Cleary! Author of the beloved Quimby sister stories, Cleary, born on April 12th, 1916, celebrates her 102nd birthday today! Inspired by her own experiences in the world around her, Cleary first started writing to create the…
Jocelyn Harris’ “Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen” Reviewed by “Times Literary Supplement”
Jocelyn Harris’ 2017 book with Bucknell University Press, Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen, has recently caught the attention of Times Literary Supplement (TLS). A special segment, entitled “What Jane Saw: Exploring Austen’s creative hinterland and recoverable influences,” features…
Testimony of a Press Hand
When my advisor told me that I should look into the internship that had opened up with the Bucknell University Press, my first thought was: we have a press? It was the end of my Junior year at Bucknell, I…
The Inexhaustible Jane Austen: An Interview with Jocelyn Harris
Upon the release of her new book Satire, Celebrity, & Politics in Jane Austen (Bucknell University Press, 2017), Jocelyn Harris was kind enough to discuss her research and writing on the witty English novelist. Jane Austen has been the…
Inside the Wreckage : Reading and book signing with Sascha Feinstein
Reading and book signing with Sascha Feinstein Monday, October 23, 6 p.m. Barnes & Noble at Bucknell University 400 Market St., Lewisburg, PA Sascha Feinstein will read from his latest memoir, Wreckage: My Father’s Legacy of Art & Junk, published…
Interview with South African poet Antjie Krog
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Antjie Krog, visiting poet and lecturer on social justice, to talk about her recently published Lady Anne: A Chronicle in Verse. Below is a transcribed version of the interview, with my…