News from the Division of Languages and Literature
Francine Prose Reviews a 19th Century Novella That Merges Creationism and Evolution for the New York Review of Books
She praises Adam and Eve in Paradise, a 19th-century novella in which, among other things, Adam fights a dinosaur and Eve is praised for eating the forbidden fruit.
The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry ’99 Wins Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction
“Winning it was just an astonishing thing. I felt incredibly grateful.”
Professor Olga Voronina Awarded a Houghton Library Visiting Fellowship by Harvard
She received the Rodney G. Dennis Fellowship in the Study of Manuscripts.