Guest Speakers

 

Joyce Carol Oates 2006 recipient

The Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters is an award established through a generous grant from the Degenstein Foundation in honor of Janet Weis, a trustee emerita of Bucknell. This award is given annually to honor and recognize an individual who represents the very highest level of achievement in the craft of writing within the realms of fiction, non-fiction, or biography. Each recipient is an author whose work has been accessible to a wide audience with a broadly-based record of public recognition and appreciation.

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