Suzanne Bunkers home page

Suzanne L. Bunkers

Welcome to my web pages, last updated on 20 August 2009

Italy Study and Travel 2010: Venice, Florence, Milan and Lake Como Learn more here

MSU Distinguished Faculty Scholars--A Celebration of Scholarship

Teaching Assignments for 2 009-2010--my 30th year at MSU

I teach and do research on women's writing and diaries, survivors' literature, autobiography, memoir, literary theory, and American literature.

To learn more about my professional career, please click on "My Scholarly Journey"--a personal essay.

Minnesota State University Home page

Department of English Home page

Sister Merici Oehrlein, OSF. Sr. Merici was my English and Latin teacher at Spalding High School in Granville, IA. If you were also Sister Merici's student, you can e-mail her to say hello. Click here to get her e-mail address.

Above: Diaries of Girls and Women: a Midwestern American Sampler (University of Wisconsin Press). For details, click on: Diaries of Girls and Women Here is a link to the book's Introduction

"An Autocritical Conversation" by Suzanne Bunkers, Helen Buss, and Brenda Daly

"What I've Learned by Studying Diaries"

Teresa Pitman's essay, "Keeping a Journal" in Today's Parent Magazine

Links:

Ch. 1 of Good Earth, Black Soil (published in 1981)

Luxembourg: The Grand Duchy (2005) pdf (large file)

Click to read my essay, "Reflections of Luxembourg in the Midwestern U.S."

Clairefontaine Abbey and Chapel (on border of Luxembourg and Belgium)

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If you would like to read my essay about Luxembourgers' immigration to the United States, click on this link: Luxembourg

Make a virtual visit to Granville, Iowa :

The Home of Black Soil

Fact Sheet: Granville, Iowa

Tombstones in St. Joseph Cemetery in Granville

Above: my favorite photograph of the ruins of the Roman Forum, taken after walking through the ruins on that trip. (Photo by Suzanne Bunkers)

Below: the labyrinth of Ravenna

The Wisdom of Prevention

Deal with the difficult,
While it is still easy.
Solve large problems
When they are still small.
Preventing large problems
By taking small steps
Is easier than solving them.
Therefore, the Tao person
Anticipates and lives wisely.
By small actions
Accomplishing great things.
-- Tao 67

Some years ago, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg commissioned a sculpture that stands outside the United Nations Building in New York City. The purpose of the sculpture is to promote world peace. In 1994, Suzanne and Rachel Bunkers visited the United Nations and saw the "No War" sculpture.