Outstanding Academic Papers by Students (OAPS)
Outstanding Academic Papers by Students is a collaborative program between the USC Libraries and USC Writing Program to recognize excellence in student scholarship at the University of Southern California.
OAPS 2023–2024
The World is Just a Book Away
Published in 2017, The World is Just a Book Away is an anthology that captures how books and reading inspired some of the world’s most prominent people. It features personal stories from five Nobel Peace Prize laureates, actors, royalty, world leaders, scientists, humanitarians, and many more.
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The Liddell Book of Letters
This unique work reproduces in facsimile Kelly Combs's winning entry from the USC Libraries Wonderland Award competition. Her Liddell Book of Letters ingeniously employed mirror writing in the form of a very "Carrollian" kind of grade school alphabet primer. Whimsical touches abound throughout. A scholarly introduction by Professor Catherine Robson situates Combs's work within the history of primers and backward writing.
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The Liddell Book of Poetry
In this volume, 44 entries from the first ten years of the USC Libraries Wonderland Award competition are gathered. Illustrated works, haikus, music lyrics, poetry, and poetry-adjacent submissions show off the ingenuity of our USC students in interpreting the works of Lewis Carroll.
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