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Renowned poet's third nomination
Carl Phillips' 'Speak Low' named National Book Award finalist
Oct. 15,
2009 -- Poet Carl Phillips, professor of English and of African and African American Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected — for the third time — as a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in poetry. Phillips was nominated for his 10th collection of poetry, "Speak Low," published in April by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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The Provenance of Beauty
Poet Claudia Rankine to read for The Writing Program Oct. 20 and 29
Oct. 7,
2009 --
Poet Claudia Rankine, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in The Writing Program in Arts & Science, will lead a talk on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. In addition, she will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29. Rankine is the author of four poetry collections, including Nothing in Nature is Private (1995), The End of the Alphabet (1998), PLOT (2001) and the experimental Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (2004), which combines poetry, essays, images and travelogue. Her most recent project is a play, The Provenance of Beauty, A South Bronx Travelogue, for the Foundry Theatre in New York
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The One Marvelous Thing
Author Rikki Ducornet to speak for Writing Program Reading Series Oct. 1 and 8
Sept. 21,
2009 --
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Author Rikki Ducornet, the Visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in The Writing Program in Arts & Science, will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. In addition, she will lead a talk on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. Ducornet, the is the author of seven novels, including The Fan Maker's Inquisition (2004) — a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year—and The Jade Cabinet (1993), a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award.
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My Happy Life
Author Lydia Millet to speak for Writing Program Reading Series Sept. 17
Sept. 8,
2009 --
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Fiction writer Lydia Millet will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, for Washington University's Writing Program in Arts & Sciences Millet is the author of six novels, beginning with the subversive coming-of-age tale Omnivores (1996), which centers on a young woman whose megalomaniac father turns their home into an armed camp after seceding from the United States. Her third novel, My Happy Life (2002), won the 2003 PEN-USA Award for Fiction. Her latest book is the forthcoming story collection Love in Infant Monkeys.
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The Last Cowboys at the End of the World
Nick Reding to read for Writing Program Reading Series April 16
April 3,
2009 -- Nonfiction writer and St. Louis native Nick Reding will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 16, for Washington University's Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. Reding is the author of The Last Cowboys at the End of the World: The Story of the Gauchos of Patagonia (2001), which explores a semi-nomadic culture that was once thought to have all put disappeared at the end of the 19th century.
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When a Woman Loves a Man
Poet David Lehman to speak for Writing Program Reading Series April 2
March 26,
2009 -- Poet David Lehman, editor of The Best American Poetry series, will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. Lehman is the author of several collections of poems, including Poetry Forum: A Play Poem: A Pl'em (with Judith Hall, 2007), Jim and Dave Defeat the Masked Man (with James Cummins, 2006), When a Woman Loves a Man (2005), The Evening Sun (2002), The Daily Mirror: A Journal in Poetry (2000), Valentine Place (1996), Operation Memory (1990) and An Alternative to Speech (1986).
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"American virtuoso of the short story"
Fiction writer Lydia Davis to speak for Writing Program Reading Series March 17 and 19
March 2,
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Fiction writer Lydia Davis, the Fannie Hurst Visiting Professor in Washington University's Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will present a craft talk, titled "A Beloved Duck Gets Cooked: Writing Outside the Mainstream," and a reading from her work at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, and Thursday, March 19, respectively, in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall on Washington University's Danforth Campus.
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Well-versed
Poet Brenda Shaughnessy to speak for Writing Program Reading Series March 5
Feb. 20,
2009 --
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Poet Brenda Shaughnessy will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on Washington University's Danforth Campus. Her collection titled "Human Dark with Sugar" is one of five finalists for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry.
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Once upon a time...
Fiction writer Kate Bernheimer to speak for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 26
Feb. 16,
2009 --
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Fiction writer Kate Bernheimer will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Hurst Lounge, Room 201, Duncker Hall, on Washington University's Danforth Campus.
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Obama the author
African-American writing featured in books edited by Gerald Early
Jan. 13,
2009 --
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Those looking to learn more about president Barack Obama and gain an introduction to African-American writing in the process are advised to check out two new books — "Best African American Fiction: 2009" and "Best African American Essays: 2009." Edited by Gerald L. Early, Ph.D., the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters and director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, the two volumes are the first in the "Best of…" series to exclusively showcase African-American writing. They include writing by and about Obama.
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