Three books from PhD alums nominated for awards!
Slavic Studies congratulates three recent PhD alums—Molly Thomasy Blasing, Colleen Lucey, and José Vergara—whose first books, all published by Cornell University Press in 2021, have been nominated simultaneously for two awards given by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL): Best First Book and Best Book in Literary/Cultural Studies. The books are: Snapshots of the Soul: Photo-Poetic Encounters in Modern Russian Culture, Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia, and All Futures Plunge to the Past: James Joyce in Russian Literature.
