AUK's Dr. Loomis The Salmiya Collection to be released in March 2013

The Salmiya Collection is the latest book by Dr. Craig Loomis, Associate Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at the American University of Kuwait. The book, which will be published in March by the Syracuse University Press, deals with the essence of the everyday life in the popular Kuwaiti district of Al-Salmiya.

Through the forty stories in the book, Dr. Loomis unveils the distinct yet complex aspects of the Kuwaiti society that project a holistic picture of the universal nature of characters and situations. As the publisher describes it, "The book captures the spirit of life in modern Kuwait".

The Salmiya Collection received a review by Earl (Tim) Sullivan, Professor and Provost emeritus, American University in Cairo, in which he says "Loomis's stories see the world from the perspective of the characters he depicts, foreigners and Kuwaitis alike...readers will enjoy and be provoked by The Salmiya Collection."

Craig Loomis is also the author of A Softer Violence: Tales of Orient, and his short fiction has appeared in the Iowa Review, Colorado Review, Quarterly West, Louisville Review, and Prague Revue.

Released by the Office of Public Affairs on the 10th January 2013