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She\u2019s the faculty advisor for Butler\u2019s Jewish Culture Affinity Group and Butler Hillel, as well as the director of the Creative Writing for Wellness Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At different times, Flanzbaum has chaired the Faculty Affairs Committee, the Professional Standards Committee, and the Provost&#8217;s Committee for Academic Innovation. A specialist in Jewish-American and twentieth-century literature, she&nbsp; is the editor of, \u201cThe Americanization of the Holocaust\u201d (Johns Hopkins, 1999), the managing editor of \u201c<em>Jewish-American Literature: A Norton Anthology\u201d<\/em> (Norton, 2001) and \u201c<em>The Holocaust Across Borders\u201d<\/em> (Rowan and Littlefield, 2022), and edited a special issue of \u201cStudies in Jewish American Literature\u201don the Jewish woman in popular culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has published poems and essays, both creatively and scholarly in more than three dozen popular culture and academic journals, including for \u201cO! Magazine\u201d and the Yale Journal of Criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This May, she will transition into her next role as she retires as Professor of English and the Allegra Stewart Chair in Modern Literature after more than three decades at Butler University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was hired for my PhD in literature, but they also wanted me to teach creative writing,\u201d said Flanzbaum. \u201cFrom the beginning, the job at Butler was a surprise because I could do both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flanzbaum applied for a position in Butler&#8217;s English Department in 1991. At the time, she had just completed her Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and was finishing a two-year visiting appointment at Haverford College. Previously, she received her M.A. in Poetry from Johns Hopkins University, and her B.A. in English from Brandeis University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I came here for my job interview, I met Susan [Neville, Butler English Emerita Faculty and co-founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/\">Butler MFA in Creative Writing <\/a>&nbsp;graduate program],\u201d Flanzbaum said. \u201cShe was really excited because I had a PhD in literature, but I also had an MA [in poetry] previous to that. Right away, I started teaching creative writing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17477\" style=\"width:247px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-1.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raised as a self-described New Yorker, Flanzbaum had never ventured to the state of Indiana prior to her interview at Butler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d been in Boston, Philly, D.C. I did what they call the Northeast megalopolis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was really scary for me to come to Indiana. We didn\u2019t know a soul. We didn\u2019t have any family here. We didn\u2019t have family anywhere but the east coast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Flanzbaum and her husband arrived in Indianapolis in August of 1991, the differences between the hustle of the east coast and their new home in the Midwest was stark\u2013even when it came to coffee.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[Back then], there was no place to go for a cup of coffee,\u201d she said. \u201cI kept on asking people, \u2018where do you go for a cup of coffee?\u2019 and they weren\u2019t even familiar with the idiom; <em>to go for a cup of coffee<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the initial culture shock, Flanzbaum and her husband settled in and raised their two children here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe ease of life in Indianapolis is very compelling and you get used to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she adjusted to Indy, Flanzbaum stayed busy with her work at Butler. Alongside English department faculty members Andy Levy, Susan Neville, and Bill Watts, Flanzbaum played an integral role in establishing Butler\u2019s MFA in Creative Writing program. From 2011 to 2017, she served as the program\u2019s director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs time has gone on, I have felt much more strongly that the MFA program was the best thing I did,\u201d said Flanzbaum. \u201cI think it\u2019s been great for the community and great for the students. For me personally, it has so enriched my life here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With specialties in Modern and American Poetry, Jewish-American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature and creative writing, Flanzbaum taught a variety of English and creative writing classes over the years, including First-year Writing, Modern and Postmodern American Poetry, the Memoir, Literature of the Holocaust, Race and Reconstruction, African American Literature, the 1950s in American Literature and Culture, and graduate creative nonfiction workshops. In her final semester before retiring, Flanzbaum is teaching modern poetry\u2013her \u201cfirst love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClose to half the time that I\u2019ve been here [the MFA has been going on]. Working with the MFA program and the Visiting Writers Series\u2013those two things has really been the highlight of my time here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through her work with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/english\/visiting-writers\/\">Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series<\/a>, Flanzbaum had the opportunity to spend time with several notable writers, including the poet Allen Ginsberg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/master-fine-arts\/history-of-the-vws\/#:~:text=Starting%20in%201985%2C%20Neville%20began,Neville%20could%20only%20have%20imagined\">An experience<\/a> she describes as \u201ca memory that I\u2019ll have forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17478\" style=\"width:265px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/08102158\/H-2.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Congratulations Dr. Flanzbaum!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In regards to her perspective on retirement, Flanzbaum plans to return to where it all began for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, I really hope to return to poetry. Poetry\u2019s my first love,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope to write poetry and paint. I want to dance more and spend more time with dogs. And I want to be able to travel. So, all those things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she reflects on her distinguished career at Butler University, Flanzbaum holds onto fond memories and the many relationships she\u2019s built along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t be in any place as long as I\u2019ve been without making some really good friends. You just can\u2019t,\u201d she said. \u201cWhether they\u2019re from Indiana or New York or California or Timbuktu. I\u2019ve met some wonderful people, not just at Butler, but also in the Indianapolis community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flanzbaum also has hope of a bright and enduring future for the MFA program that she helped establish and played an integral role in shaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want the MFA program to continue to thrive,\u201d said Flanzbaum.&nbsp; \u201cIn terms of what I\u2019ll remember about my experience at Butler, much of it will be the MFA program and those were all good memories. I loved working with everybody, the faculty, the students. I feel nothing but affection for them and the [Creative Writing] house and that was the best thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Butler English department, MFA in Creative Writing, and Provost\u2019s office are hosting a retirement celebration honoring Flanzbaum on Tuesday, May 7, at 4:00-6:00 PM at the Efroymson Center for Creative Writing [530 W Hampton Dr, Indianapolis]. 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