{"id":901,"date":"2017-09-27T16:11:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T20:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/?p=901"},"modified":"2017-09-27T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T20:20:29","slug":"department-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2017\/09\/27\/department-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Department News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Please join us as we celebrate Scranton Reads 2017!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please see the list of <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2017\/09\/Events2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Events2017<\/strong><\/a> leading the a lecture\/discussion on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 @ 12:15pm.\u00a0 Joseph Kraus, Ph.D., professor of English will lead a discussion and lecture on Marilynne Robinson&#8217;s American Vision.\u00a0 The lecture\/discussion will take place at Penn State Worthington Scranton, 120 Ridge View Road, Dunmore, PA in the Hawk Lecture Hall, Business Building, Room 201.\u00a0 This event is free and open to the public.\u00a0 Everyone is welcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2017\/09\/Robinson-flyer-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Robinson flyer 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/news\/articles\/2017\/09\/English-ScrantonReads.shtml\"> link<\/a> for more information about event.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us as we celebrate Scranton Reads 2017!! 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