Monica Pelaez '97
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Monica Pelaez '97
Tags: Writer, Arts Supporter, Enthusiast, Professor, Capturing the many ways Civil War-era American lives and letters continue to resonate in the present day.
You in 50 words or less: Author, professor, and historical consultant currently focusing on the antislavery movement in 19th-century America.
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Department: English
Student Group(s): Arts editor at The Daily Princetonian
Bio
Monica Pelaez is a Professor of English at St. Cloud State University with degrees from Princeton and Brown. Her forthcoming book is "Coming Unbound: The War on Slavery Three Women Waged in Writing" (Stanford University Press). She was a historical consultant on the Apple TV series "Dickinson," and the editor of "Lyrical Liberators: The American Anti-Slavery Movement in Verse, 1831-1865" (Ohio University Press). She lives in Minneapolis.