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Monica Berlin loves poetry, her husband Jeremy Karlin (who is a good lawyer (in case you need one), and her son Eli.  She graduated from [[Knox]] during a year in the 90s and currently teaches [[Creative Writing]]: [[poetry]], [[fiction]], life.
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Monica Berlin graduated from [[Knox]] in 1995 and taught in the English Department for about 25 years.  
  
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Monica is from [[Chicago]] and used to work at a bakery on the north side, where she was once covered in maple syrup (she cannot eat this).  Her identical twin sister used to own a delicious restaurant in [[Chicago]] called The Pepper Longue, which is now closed.  It is in Wrigleyville.  You should go there.  
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In 2003 Monica was awarded the Philip Green Wright-Lombard College Prize for Distinguished Teaching, considered to be the highest honor that the Knox faculty confers upon its members.
  
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In a perfect world, Monica would eat nothing but pie.
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In 2007 Monica won a young alumni achievement award from [[Knox]], and her poems were published in many places, including ''Manthology'', although she is not a man.
  
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In 2007 Monica won a young alumni achievement award from [[Knox]], and her poems have been published in many places, including ''Manthology'', although she is not a man.
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In 2009 Monica received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor. In 2020, she was promoted to Full Professor. She also served as the Associate Director of the Program in Creative Writing.
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Monica was an extremely nice person. She would offer you coffee and cupcakes, and then look adorably sad if you did not accept them.
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She died on November 3, 2022.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.knox.edu/x1261.xml Monica Berlin] - from the Knox Web site
 
*[http://www.knox.edu/x1261.xml Monica Berlin] - from the Knox Web site
 
*[http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress/criman.htm Manthology] - University of Iowa Press
 
*[http://www.uiowa.edu/uiowapress/criman.htm Manthology] - University of Iowa Press
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Latest revision as of 11:51, 5 November 2022

Monica Berlin graduated from Knox in 1995 and taught in the English Department for about 25 years.

In 2003 Monica was awarded the Philip Green Wright-Lombard College Prize for Distinguished Teaching, considered to be the highest honor that the Knox faculty confers upon its members.

In 2007 Monica won a young alumni achievement award from Knox, and her poems were published in many places, including Manthology, although she is not a man.

In 2009 Monica received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor. In 2020, she was promoted to Full Professor. She also served as the Associate Director of the Program in Creative Writing.

Monica was an extremely nice person. She would offer you coffee and cupcakes, and then look adorably sad if you did not accept them.

She died on November 3, 2022.

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