Faculty in the News
The cover story of the November Mpls St. Paul Magazine lists the 75 "Best Brains" in the Twin Cities, one of which belongs to English professor and poet Maria Damon. Editors Brian Lambert and Bill Swanson talk about the feature. . . . English professor and Creative Writing Program director Julie Schumacher visited the Today Show on October 28, updating her New York Times "Modern Love" article about the mothers support group she found when her family battled a daughter's clinical depression. Schumacher has received excellent notices (starred review in Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, etc.) for her latest book for younger readers, Black Box, about a girl whose sister is hospitalized for depression.