{"id":4419,"date":"2014-12-05T15:18:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T15:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:29:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:29:03","slug":"augsburg-professors-books-gain-acclaim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2014\/12\/05\/augsburg-professors-books-gain-acclaim\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg professors’ books gain acclaim"},"content":{"rendered":"
Augsburg Assistant Professor and Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing mentor Stephan Eirik Clark has garnered a great deal of media attention since his debut novel, \u201cSweetness #9,\u201d received publicity on \u201cThe Colbert Report\u201d as part of host Stephen Colbert\u2019s effort to raise awareness of and interest in new novels. \u201cSweetness #9\u201d is a comic satire, family story, and profound examination of cultural anxieties.<\/p>\n Augsburg Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing mentor Jack El-Hai recently won the Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction for his book, \u201cThe Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann G\u00f6ring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII.\u201d El-Hai\u2019s book tells the story of the remarkable relationship between U.S. Army Psychiatrist Capt. Douglas M. Kelley and the elite of the captured Nazi regime, particularly Hermann G\u00f6ring. El-Hai was interviewed about this work for a History Channel program set to air next year.<\/p>\n
<\/b>Sweetness #9<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/b>The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann G\u00f6ring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII<\/strong><\/p>\n