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Professing joy
What brought you to the
University?
After completing my
undergraduate work at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and teaching for
a few years at three Boston
colleges, I came to U of M to
pursue my MFA in Creative
Writing. After finishing that,
I was incredibly fortunate
to receive a Zell Fellowship,
which gave me a year off to
write. Now, finally, years later,
I'm thrilled to be teaching
again.
What is one life message
you want your students to
take away from your classes?
To do what brings you joy.
There is so much in life asking
for your attention, some of it
worthy, some of it not. Figur-
ing out which is which is a life-
long process. So in any given
moment, do what brings you
joy. What do I write this paper
about? What do I major in?
What should I do with my free
time? Whatever brings you joy.
What was it like recently
winning the 2012 Moscow
Prize?
I am beyond honored to
receive this award. The Mos-
cow Prize is given here at U of
M and is awarded for teaching
excellence. Students nominate
their instructors, then a com-
mittee picks winners based on
a larger teaching portfolio. I
was awarded the prize for my
English Prof. Jessica Young won the University's 2012 Mos-
cow Prize for excellence in teaching.
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WHAT: A University and hit a pillar, University Stone, will perform its own
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Faculty music
performance
WHAT: University fac-
ulty members will perform
instruments such as piano,
trombone and baritone. The
event is free.
WHO: School of Music,
Theatre & Dance
WHEN: Tonight at 8p.m.
WHERE: Moore Building
Herbal remedy
WHAT: A discussion to
educate students on the
use of herbal medicines,
hosted by Vishal Kothair,
a University cancer
researcher.
WHO: Michigan
Alternative Medicine Club
WHEN: Tonight at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Mason Hall
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work last term with my English
124 and 125 classes, and the
committee cited my dedication
to and respect for my students
and their writing.
You're also a writer. What
types of things do you write?
I write poetry, mostly. In
particular, I write narrative
poetry - poetry that tells a
story in unassuming, everyday
language. My book, "Only as
a Body," is a series of narrative
poems.
Tell us a random fact
about yourself.
In 2008, I lived on a moun-
taintop in Arizona researching
the evolution of supermassive
stars.
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Cartoon humor
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New Yorker, will discuss
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters at his Florida primary night rally in Tampa; Fla, Tuesday.
Despite Romney's win,
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Gingrich, Santorum
vow to push forward
after Florida defeat
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The
race for the GOP presidential
nomination probably is far from
over.
Front-runner Mitt Romney's
rivals - chief among them Newt
Gingrich - are refusing to bow
out despite his resoundingFlori-
da victory. New rules for award-
ing delegates to this summer's
Republican nominating conven-
tion give even losing candidates
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Indeed, some 46 states have
yet to vote and only 6 percent of
the delegates have been won.
"I understand that people are
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that this will resolve itself."
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fretting about their eventual
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President Barack Obama.
"Dealing with the residue of
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Gov. John Sununu.
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defending a protracted nomi-
nating fight as a test of strength,
even though a long battle risks
tearing an already fractured
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"We are looking for a full-
spectrum conservative, sub-
stantively and politically skilled
- not possible to discern in a
couple of contests," said Mary
Matalin, a veteran GOP presi-
dential campaign operative.
But she added: "A possible
concern of protraction is not
duration but acrimony." She
recalled the fight between
Republicans Gerald Ford and
Ronald Reagan in 1976, when
Democrat Jimmy Carter won
and said: "That one was ideolog-
ical. This one is personal."
Former Rep. Asa Hutchin-
son of Arkansas said Romney's
Florida victory makes clear
"that he's going to be the likely
nominee. Yet, Hutchinson also
downplayed the notion that
a protracted fight would aide
Democrats, saying: "Only if (the
Republican contest) is a negative
campaign does it benefit them."
Said Azbell: "We're kind of in
a Catch-22 situation. We don't
want to be hurt by a long prima-
ry but we also don't want to be
stuck with a nominee that the
public cannot coalesce behind."
In his victory speech Tuesday
night, Romney sought to turn
his bitterly personal fight with
Gingrich into a positive light,
even as he all but urged the GOP
to rally behind his candidacy.
"A competitive primary
does not divide us, it prepares
us," Romney told supporters
in Tampa, Fla. "And when we
gather here in Tampa seven
months from now for our con-
vention, ours will be wwa unit-
ed party with a winning ticket
for America."