The New England Literature Program ( NELP ) is an academic program run by the University of Michigan that takes place off-campus during the Spring half-term. University of Michigan faculty and other staff teach the courses, and students earn regular University of Michigan credit. The program has been in existence since 1975 and has an endowed permanent directorship in the English Department to ensure NELP's continuation.
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36-424: A contestant on NPR's Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me. In a February 2014 edition of Jeopardy! , This Town was the answer to a clue in the category “2013 Bestsellers.” In advance of its July 2013 release, Politico published an article describing This Town as a "chronicle" of the "incestuous ecology of insider Washington ". Leibovich, according to the story, is nicknamed "Leibo," and the book's original sub-title
54-742: A half weeks, with 40 students and 13 staff members participating each year. In addition to formal academic work in literature and writing, staff and students offer non-credit instruction in canoeing, camping, art, and nature studies. Students also teach or co-teach classes as part of the NELP program, and several three-day hiking and camping trips round out the NELP curriculum. Students at NELP live without cell phones, recorded music, video cameras, and email/computers. The course description of NELP states that, "Diverse kinds of learning are all valuable and pleasurable," suggesting that intellectual and physical challenges are often parallel with each kind of learning reinforcing
72-468: A journalist writing for Boston's alternative weekly The Phoenix , where he worked for four years. After that, he moved to California and worked as a general assignment reporter at The San Jose Mercury News . In 1997, Leibovich moved to Washington, D.C., to work at The Washington Post , where he spent nine years, first covering the national technology sector for the Post ' s business section, then as
90-546: A national political writer for the paper's Style section. In 2006, Leibovich was hired by The New York Times , where he was a national political correspondent in the Times' Washington Bureau. He then became Chief National Correspondent at The New York Times Magazine in 2012. In 2022, Leibovich joined The Atlantic as a staff writer. Leibovich is a political analyst for NBC and MSNBC, and appears regularly on Morning Joe , Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace and Meet
108-511: A series of “mini-masterpieces of politico-anthropological sociology". The Economist said This Town "may be the most pitiless examination of America’s permanent political class that has ever been conducted". This Town was released in paperback in April 2014 in conjunction with the annual White House Correspondents Dinner , which Leibovich has described as "an abomination". The book attracted controversy when an aide to Representative Darrell Issa
126-567: Is an American journalist and author. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic , and previously spent 16 years at The New York Times , including a decade as the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine , based in Washington, D.C. He is known for his profiles of political, sports, and entertainment figures. In addition to his magazine and newspaper career, Leibovich has also written five books, including three New York Times bestsellers, and two number 1 Times bestsellers about
144-457: Is done in a journal. Journal writing is required and is central to NELP education. The journals are both personal and academic. The courses at NELP are graded. The academic program requires completion of a reading list, active work in the journal, and extensive participation in classes and groups. The NELP program has had participants who have gone on to careers in writing and the arts. Among those are Bruce Weber and Mark Leibovich , writers for
162-536: Is said to be taught as a single integrated academic experience, the credits nonetheless appear on transcripts as three separate courses. The program emphasizes the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne , Ralph Waldo Emerson , Henry David Thoreau , Emily Dickinson , Frederick Douglass , Sarah Orne Jewett , Robert Frost , Galway Kinnell , Louise Glück , Ruth Stone , Wallace Stevens , Carolyn Chute and other 18th through 20th century writers of various backgrounds. NELP offers creative writing workshops, and most writing
180-628: Is the author of This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral – Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking! – in America's Gilded Capital . The book debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list in July 2013, and remained on the list for 12 weeks. Leibovich discussed This Town on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos , Charlie Rose , PBS's Moyers and Company and NPR 's Weekend Edition . He also appeared as
198-567: The New York Times ; Diane Cook , formerly a producer at Public Radio International's This American Life and author of Man V. Nature , a 2014 book of short stories published by Harper Collins ; and Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn . In 2018, alumna Dana Nessel was elected Attorney General of the State of Michigan . Mark Leibovich Mark Leibovich ( / ˈ l iː b ə v ɪ tʃ / LEE -bə-vitch ; born May 9, 1965)
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#1733085995440216-574: The NFL such as long-term health hazards, football's impact on concussion and brain health, and how politics have crossed into the sport. Leibovich has won a number of journalism awards, including a 2011 National Magazine Award for his profile of Politico ’s Michael Allen and the changing media culture of Washington. The New Republic described Leibovich as “brutally incisive yet not without pathos” in naming him one of Washington's 25 Most Powerful, Least Famous People. Washingtonian magazine called him
234-525: The Press . Previously, Leibovich was a political contributor to CBS News. He has also appeared on numerous late-night shows, including CBS's Late Night with Stephen Colbert , Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah and HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher and On the Record with Bob Costas , and Showtime's The Circus . In addition to his political writing, Leibovich has also written: Leibovich
252-567: The culture of Washington, D.C.: This Town and Thank You for Your Servitude . Born in Boston, Massachusetts to a father who was from Argentina and a Brooklyn-born mother, Leibovich grew up in a Jewish home he describes as not religious. Leibovich attended Newton South High School , from which he graduated in 1983. He went on to attend the University of Michigan , graduating with a bachelor's degree in English in 1987. Leibovich got his start as
270-438: The others. The program is run cooperatively: All participants belong to work groups. Work responsibilities rotate among the groups, which prepare meals, wash dishes, and clean common areas. NELP begins with a work day during which equipment is unpacked and camp set up, and it ends with another work day. The students and staff live together during the duration of NELP. NELP students earn 9 hours of credit. While NELP’s academic work
288-882: The title NELP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NELP&oldid=1008548352 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages New England Literature Program The program takes place at Camp Kabeyun on Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton Bay , New Hampshire . (The program has also been held at Camp Kehonka in Wolfeboro , New Hampshire , and at Camp Wohelo and Camp Mataponi on Sebago Lake in Maine .) NELP lasts for six and
306-605: Was "The Way it Works in Suck Up City". Fareed Zakaria as reviewer for the Washington Post praises it as the "hottest political book of the summer", containing " juicy anecdotes" and a tell-tale core of "corruption and dysfunction". Richard McGregor of the Financial Times described Leibovich as "like a modern-day Balzac". In his book review for The New York Times , novelist Christopher Buckley described This Town as
324-521: Was fired for sharing reporters’ e-mails with Leibovich without their knowledge. Leibovich is the author of Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times . The book looks at a 4-year period in the NFL where Leibovich follows the most powerful people in the NFL, including commissioner Roger Goodell , quarterback Tom Brady , and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones . The book also looks at the controversies surrounding
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