 Excerpts from Volume 138, Number 4; Sept. 22, 2006 Joyce Carol Oates to receive award, speak to students
By SARAH GERMANI
Contributing Writer Joyce Carol Oates will become this year’s recipient of the Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters. Oates is an award-winning author who will accept this award as well as speak to the students, faculty and community members at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. The Fellowship was created in 2002 in order to distinguish great achievement in fiction writing. The award was formed in honor of Janet Weis, who was known to be an author, civic leader and philanthropist. The Degenstein Foundation provided a grant in order to make this award possible. Oates has written 37 novels, 25 collections of short stories, seven books of poetry, four books of plays and much more. Her most famous works include “A Garden of Earthly Delights,” “Black Water,” “You Must Remember This” and “We Were the Mulvaneys.” Throughout her writing she expresses experiences and emotions relevant and characteristic of her time. (Read full article)
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