Carlos Tkacz (English) published "Is Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns Fascist? Resolving the Paradoxes of Heroic Violence​" in the Popular Culture Review, in which he argues that The Dark Knight Returns traces the polarizing paradoxes seen between the political left and right in the United States—the right at once advocating for…

Gary Totten (English) presented the keynote address, "Edith Wharton's Geographical Imagination: Notes from the Travel Writing," at an online event celebrating U.S. writer Edith Wharton's 162nd birthday, hosted by the Transatlantic Literary Women project at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and the Edith Wharton Society. In his talk, Totten…

Jarret Keene (English), author of the dystopian adventure novel, Hammer of the Dogs, was interviewed by Beyond Thought, the undergraduate creative arts journal based at UNLV. You can read the interview, written by Leonard Brattoli (English), on the journal's blog by clicking here.

Jarret Keene (English) recently appeared on the Florida Book Club podcast to talk about his science-fiction adventure novel Hammer of the Dogs (University of Nevada Press, 2023), growing up in Tampa in the 1980s, heavy metal, comic books, book bans, and the difference between Florida and Nevada. Listen here.

Gary Totten’s (English) edited book "A Companion to the Multiethnic Literature of the United States," has been published by Wiley-Blackwell. Totten edited the book and wrote the introduction and a chapter on travel, mobility and multiethnic US literature. Other UNLV faculty also contributed to the book, with Jessica E. Teague (English) and former…

Siddharth Srikanth (English) published an article titled, "National Sovereignty and the Postcolonial Bildungsroman," in the journal Genre.  

John M. Bowers (English) has published his article, "Langland, Father of American Literatures," in Quidditas: Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association, 44 (2023): 90-116. 

Black Fox Literary Magazine recently interviewed Jarret Keene (English) about his new dystopian adventure novel Hammer of the Dogs (University of Nevada Press). Read "A Conversation with Jarret Keene."

The Utah Tech University Humanities Center recently interviewed Jarret Keene (English) to discuss his new dystopian adventure novel Hammer of the Dogs, the genius of comics legend Jack Kirby, and the challenges of being a writer in the digital age. Listen to the podcast episode here. Hammer of the Dogs is available wherever books are sold.

Mark Lenker (Libraries) interviewed UNLV colleague and middle-school friend Jarret Keene (English) for EcoTheo Review. In "Taking a Hammer to Las Vegas," the two discussed the characters, themes, and Las Vegas environments of Keene's new dystopian novel Hammer of the Dogs, published by the University of Nevada Press and available everywhere books…

Last week, Publishers Weekly ran online (and in print) Jarret Keene's (English) "soapbox" column, "Make Humanities Fun Again," on expanding the canon in English departments and reintroducing a sense of bright wonder to the humanities. Jarret's dystopian adventure novel Hammer of the Dogs is set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas and is available at…

Jarret Keene (English) published a short story, "Dream Evil," in issue 5 of the international journal SHiFT: A Journal of Literary Oddities, published by Ringling College of Art and Design. On Oct. 17, he met with Ringling students, gave a luncheon talk on journalism and creative writing, and did a reading in the Alfred R. Goldstein Library…