Talk:Miles Orvell

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Edit Request

Edit Request for Miles Orvell Wikipedia Page:

1. Academic Positions:

• Update to reflect recent status as Professor Emeritus of English and American Studies at Temple University (2024).

• Include roles such as Director of the Graduate English Program (2017–2023)

2. Add recent awards:

• Prose Award for Best Book in Media and Cultural Studies from the Association of American Publishers (2022) for Empire of Ruins.

• Athenaeum Literary Award for Art & Architecture from the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (2022), also for Empire of Ruins.

3. Include selected recent articles, such as:

• “The Sarcophagus and the City: Reflections on Chernobyl and the Dystopian Imagination” Interfaces 49 (2023).

• “Waste Landscapes: Photographing the Course of Empire” in Picturing America: Photography and the Sense of Place (2019).

• “America in Ruins: Photography as Cultural Narrative,” American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum (2015). Lonicerus (talk) 19:05, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]