{"id":12311,"date":"2023-02-24T11:56:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/?p=11172"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:03:39","slug":"professor-liam-callanan-interviewed-about-his-new-book-when-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/professor-liam-callanan-interviewed-about-his-new-book-when-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Liam Callanan interviewed about his new book &#8220;When In Rome&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor &amp; Coordinator of Creative Writing Liam Callanan discusses his new book and reflects on the relationship between his writing and his faith in the\u00a0<em>National Catholic Register.\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/features\/liam-callanan. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncregister.com%2Ffeatures%2Fliam-callanan&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cxiong688%40uwm.edu%7Cb99f577bb38d425d7b6c08db168d7cf5%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C638128569171343723%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Lt%2B37q9j0uVxsMXttdPUhOwHSva8VXYFJAiR3HO8E6A%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>When in Rome,\u00a0<\/em>which will be released by Penguin-Random House on March 14, tells &#8220;the story of an opportunity to start over at midlife, a chance to save a struggling convent in the Eternal City, and the dramatic re-emergence of an old flame.&#8221;\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/666756\/when-in-rome-by-liam-callanan\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguinrandomhouse.com%2Fbooks%2F666756%2Fwhen-in-rome-by-liam-callanan%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cxiong688%40uwm.edu%7Cb99f577bb38d425d7b6c08db168d7cf5%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C638128569171343723%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=H4bf0d1o%2FP3ojPTpDaFeNzLT6bD4HNGnS20InBNCH9c%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"Verified\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Read more about the book and pre-order your copy today.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liam Callanan is a novelist, teacher, and journalist. His novel\u00a0<i>Paris by the Book<\/i>, a national bestseller, was translated into multiple languages and won the 2019 Edna Ferber Prize. He\u2019s also the 2017 winner of the Hunt Prize, and his first novel,\u00a0<i>The Cloud Atlas<\/i>, was a finalist for an Edgar Award. Liam\u2019s work has appeared in\u00a0<i>The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The New York Times, The Washington Post,<\/i>\u00a0and<i>\u00a0The San Francisco Chronicle<\/i>, and he\u2019s recorded numerous essays for public radio. 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