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Chinese Studies CHSP 250: Urban Culture in China CHSP 350: Chinese Culture and Society CHIN 301: Composition and Conversation CHIN 302: Composition and Conversation CHIN 371: Chinese Literature in Translation HIST 232: Tibet in Fact and Fiction HIST 338: Modern China HIST 496: Seminar: The Third World (a/y on China)** MUSI 105: The Arts of China POLS 381: Comparative Legal Systems Minor 20 semester hours (eight required, 12 elective) Required Courses: Eight semester hours in Chinese language CHIN 101

Novelist Leslye Walton ’04 Nominated for Prestigious Morris Award https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/01/05/novelist-leslye-walton-04-nominated-for-prestigious-morris-award/

PLU Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian Lizz Zitron. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender was named one of 2014’s best books by Publishers Weekly and Hudson Booksellers and also has been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award and for YALSA’S Best of Fiction for Young Adults award. The fantasy novel tells the story of 16-year-old Ava Lavender, who inherits a rich family history and a legacy of heartbreak. A young man becomes convinced that Ava is an angel when he discovers that

Q&A With Author Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2014/09/25/qa-with-author-carrie-mesrobian-mfa-13/

September 25, 2014 Q&A With Carrie Mesrobian MFA ’13 Rave Reviews Are Rolling in For Her New Book, ‘Perfectly Good White Boy’ By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Right out of the gate, Carrie Mesrobian’s first young-adult novel, Sex & Violence, racked up some serious accolades: • 2014 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist • YALSA’s 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee • Cybils Best Young Adult Fiction finalist • Winner, 2014 Minnesota Book Award, Young

Literature Analysis https://www.plu.edu/writingcenter/literature-analysis/

(including a glossary of literary terms)? Purdue Owl: What Makes a Good Literature Paper? Roan State: The Elements of Literature Tips on writing effective literature analysis essays. How to Write a Literature Analysis Essay Handout (from Bucks County Community College) Writing a Paper on Fiction in 9 Steps (from UNC Chapel Hill) How do I support my argument? Using Evidence (from UNC Chapel Hill) How to do a Close Reading (from Carson-Newman University)

Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ‘24 make a musical about climate change https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/dylan-ruggeri-kenzie-knapp-musical-climate-change/

across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040. There are four seasons: smog season, acid rain season

Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ’24 discuss their climate science musical https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/dylan-ruggeri-23-and-kenzie-knapp-24-discuss-their-climate-science-musical/

, theater, visual and music can help get information across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040

Dylan Ruggeri ’23 and Kenzie Knapp ’24 discuss their climate science musical https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2023/06/08/dylan-ruggeri-kenzie-knapp-climate-science-musical/

across to a much larger audience. I understand the two of you came together to put on a musical called “Normalcy: The Climate Fiction Musical,” which Kenzie wrote. What is it about? Knapp: I was initially inspired by the wildfires happening more frequently now in late summer/early fall, referred to as “fire season.” I wondered, if “fire” was an actual season like summer, what would come after that? So, the musical is set in “New Seattle” in 2040. There are four seasons: smog season, acid rain season

Evening Readings 2018 https://www.plu.edu/mfa/evening-readings/

, and Alaska Quarterly Review, and have been cited as notable in both Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays. Winner of the Oregon Book Award, the Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award, and the Reform Judaism Fiction Prize, he teaches at Willamette University and lives in Salem, Oregon.Kevin ClarkKevin Clark’s book, Self-Portrait with Expletives, won the Pleiades Press book contest and is distributed by LSU Press. His first full-length collection of poetry, In the Evening of No