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Imbolo Mbue (born 1981) is a Cameroonian American novelist and short story writer based in New York City. [1] She is known for her debut novel Behold the Dreamers (2016), which garnered her the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Award. [2]
Behold the Dreamers is a 2016 debut novel by Imbolo Mbue. [1] The novel details the experiences of two New York City families during the 2008 financial crisis : an immigrant family from Cameroon, the Jonga family, and their wealthy employers, the Edwards family.
Daniel Willard (January 28, 1861 – July 6, 1942) was an American railroad executive best known as the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from 1910 to 1941. He served on or headed several government railroad commissions in World War I and appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1932 due to his part in negotiating wage cuts in ...
"The choice to make a jazz record was not only an aesthetic one, but symbolic." stated Daversa, who is also chair of the studio music and jazz department at University of Miami's Frost School of Music. [8] Together, the team located 53 Dreamers across 17 states willing to participate in the project. [9] [10]
This list of presidents of Ohio University includes all who have served as president of Ohio University. [1] The university has known twenty-three leaders serve; and except for Super, Crook, McDavis, Nellis, Sherman, and Stewart Gonzalez, all presidents of the university have buildings named after them, most notably Alden Library, Baker University Center, and Ping Recreation Center; the ...
Susan Muaddi Darraj, 2019. Susan Muaddi Darraj (born May 11, 1975) is a Palestinian American writer. [1] Born in Philadelphia to Palestinian immigrant parents, she attended Rutgers University - Camden, NJ, where she earned a master's degree in English Literature.
Caragh M. O'Brien is an American novelist, best known as the author of the Birthmarked trilogy, a series of young adult, dystopian novels.Her books take place in a world destroyed by climate change.
Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults is a 2004 psychology and sociology book on cults by Janja Lalich. It was published by University of California Press .