Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
12 Jul 2010 at 07:34
Julija Šukys
Academia, Grad School, Linda Hutcheon, Research, University of Toronto, Writing
I arrived home from a week of camp with my three-year-old to learn that the University of Toronto is threatening to close the Centre for Comparative Literature, where I earned my PhD. If you are engaged in writing and reading, if you value creative thought, innovative teaching and scholarship, and believe in cross-cultural dialogue, please [...]
29 Mar 2010 at 09:39
Julija Šukys
Grad School, J. Edward Chamberlin, Journeys, Language and Multilingualism, Life-blood, Poetry, University of Toronto, Writing
J. Edward Chamberlin, If This is Your Land, Where are Your Stories?: Reimagining Home and Sacred Space. Pilgrim Press, 2003. Ted Chamberlin was one of my professors at the University of Toronto, and if you read his book, you’ll understand what a good teacher and storyteller he is. It weaves together tales about cowboy culture, [...]
15 Mar 2010 at 08:46
Julija Šukys
Academia, Funding, Grad School, Humanities, Linda Hutcheon, Research, University of Toronto, Writing
I defended my PhD thesis at the University of Toronto in August of 2001, under the supervision of a renowned literary scholar and theorist. Linda Hutcheon has written about a dozen books, scores of articles, is respected by her peers, adored by students, and is one of the best examples of a successful writer-teacher you [...]
