Annie Dillard: Renaissance woman at Wesleyan
Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize winner, lives as author in residence at Wesleyan University. The Pittsburgh native writes across novels, essays, and poems, paints, cooks brunch with beans and eggs, and shelters in a shed study on campus grounds. She splits time between Key West and Cape Cod, teaches lightly in fall, and volunteers in a soup kitchen.
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The Annie Dillard at Wesleyan Profile and Work
The piece surveys writer Annie Dillard in residence at Wesleyan University noting her teaching style and classroom routines. It highlights her fascination with nature, mentoring of students, library-filled home, and a string of acclaimed works including Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and The Annie Dillard Reader.
Best selling books in next week's Publishers Weekly
A listing of top hardcover fiction and non fiction titles. Notable entries include Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy at Putnam and Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon at William Morrow. Other high ranking titles span The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell and The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller.
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East Carolina professor markets electronic novel
East Carolina University English professor Roger Schlobin released his fantasy novel Fire and Fur The Last Sorcerer Dragon as an electronic book via OmniMedia on disk or network download Readers may access about 20 free chapters with a $7.95 password for the rest He envisions potential print or film adaptation and notes the title’s Gobi desert setting and dragon protagonist aided by a talking cat Schlobin also lists six scholarly works and over 100 essays and poems plus a contact number for information The Sth annual Thomas Wolfe Festival is planned for Sept 29-Oct 3 in Asheville with Wolfe play premieres and discussions. information available at (704) 253-8304.
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Nothing Lasts Forever novel review by Sidney Sheldon
AP Special Features writer Waka Tsunoda praises Sidney Sheldon's Nothing Lasts Forever. The review details the hospital setting, three female doctors sharing an apartment, and the bold lead about doctors facing ethical and dramatic conflicts. The piece highlights Paige Taylor Kate Hunter Sheldon and Betty Lou Taft as central figures in a fast paced plot.
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