Tagged: Amy Newman

Best fiction of the 21st century?

NIU English faculty members weigh in on top novels, other works

  • March 24, 2016
OK, we are somewhere between ankle and knee deep into the 21st century. From a literary perspective, what does the new era have to show for itself? By the time…

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Amy Newman ‘howls’

In work dedicated to Toni Keller, NIU poet transforms legendary Ginsberg poem

  • August 6, 2015
NIU freshman Toni Keller ventured off campus on a sunny day in October 2010, a sketchbook and camera in hand. She never returned, and while a man was later convicted…

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To Kill a Mockinbird

One (more) for the Mockingbird

  • February 4, 2015
How will Harper Lee’s ‘Mockingbird’ follow-up impact her reputation? Beloved and celebrated for five decades, not only in print but in cinema, Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” has crafted…

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