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Emily Leithauser, PH.D.
Faculty
Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, And Arts Division
- Visiting Assistant Professor, English
Education
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts, History and Literature (France)
Boston University
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
Emory University
Ph.D., English
Contact Information
Phone
Office Location
Brawley Hall, Rm. 103-E
Office Hours
Tuesday/Thursday: 11:00 am-1:00 pm
About Dr. Leithauser
Dr. Leithauser teaches courses in Composition, Creative Writing, and Immigrant Voices, and her research interests includes Poetry and Poetics, British Literature, Memory Studies, 20th- and 21st-century Global
Anglophone Literature, and French/Francophone Poetry.
Dr. Leithauser's first book of poems, The Borrowed World (2016), was published by Able Muse Press. Since then, her poetry and scholarship have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Poetry International, the Kenyon Review, The Global South, and The Hopkins Review, among other publications. Her translations from French have appeared in Literary Matters and Literary Imagination. She is completing her second book of poems, Foreign Shelter, and working on a novella.
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Areas of Expertise
Areas of Expertise
- Composition
- Creative Writing
- Poetry and Poetics
- British Literature
- Modern and Contemporary Global Anglophone Literature
- Memory Studies
- French and Francophone Literature
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COURSES
Courses
- ENG 101 - English Composition 101
- ENG 102 - English Composition 102
- ENG 391 - Creative Writing: Poetry
- ENG 121 - Immigrant Voices: Beyond the Border
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Book
- The Borrowed World, 2016
Journals/Magazine Articles- "Cardiac Flicker," The New Yorker, March 14, 2022.
- "Interregnum," The Paris Review, Issue 238: Winter 2021.
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CREDENTIALS
CREDENTIALS
Certificate in Publishing
Columbia School of Journalism, Columbia University
Areas of Expertise
- Composition
- Creative Writing
- Poetry and Poetics
- British Literature
- Modern and Contemporary Global Anglophone Literature
- Memory Studies
- French and Francophone Literature
Courses
- ENG 101 - English Composition 101
- ENG 102 - English Composition 102
- ENG 391 - Creative Writing: Poetry
- ENG 121 - Immigrant Voices: Beyond the Border
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Book
- The Borrowed World, 2016
Journals/Magazine Articles
- "Cardiac Flicker," The New Yorker, March 14, 2022.
- "Interregnum," The Paris Review, Issue 238: Winter 2021.
CREDENTIALS
Certificate in Publishing
Columbia School of Journalism, Columbia University