More About Woolf: A New
Book and on the Web
A newly published book of 30 selected papers from the 2003 conference on Virginia
Woolf, which Smith College hosted, showcases a variety of the college’s scholarly
contributions. Published by Clemson University Digital Press, Woolf in the Real World:
Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference on Virginia Woolf is edited
by Karen Kukil, Smith’s associate curator of rare books. The book includes
President Carol T. Christ’s opening lecture “Woolf and Education,” where
she provides a history of Smith and asks, “Why didn’t Virginia Woolf
go to Smith?”
Provost Susan C. Bourque contributed an essay on her interview at the conference with the late eminent
scholar Carolyn Heilbrun—the scholar’s last interview. Karen Kukil’s introduction concerns
the Woolf collections at Smith contributed by alumnae.
Also new is an exhibit featuring many of the Woolf manuscripts, letters and Hogarth Press first editions
that were on display at Smith during the conference. Jessica Bumpous ’03, a recent graduate of
Simmons College’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science, designed the Web
version of the exhibit.
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