At home with MacArthur Fellow and TU professor Jesmyn Ward
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At home with MacArthur Fellow and TU professor Jesmyn Ward
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don't know what she's done to deserve the honor but congratulations winning the award.
don't know what she's done to deserve the honor but congratulations winning the award.
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Re: At home with MacArthur Fellow and TU professor Jesmyn Wa
Can't believe her great-great grandmother's house in Pass Christian is still there after Camille, Katrina etc.GreenieBacker wrote:http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/ ... d7523.html
don't know what she's done to deserve the honor but congratulations winning the award.
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Re: At home with MacArthur Fellow and TU professor Jesmyn Wa
I have the honor of knowing a MacArthur grant recipient in the classical music world. Recipients tend to be game changers. You cannot apply for them.
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Re: At home with MacArthur Fellow and TU professor Jesmyn Wa
She won the national book award a few years back and is THE hot ticket on the creative Writing guest lecture circuit across the south. It got a fair amount of press when Tulane hired her a few years back. With Carville and what’s her face (msnbc poli sci woman) gone/leaving, she’s the closest thing we have left to “celebrity” faculty—-not that that category is necessarily a good thing. She’s obviously less famous than the other two, which bodes well. I’ve only met her once, and not for long, but she made a good impression
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well congrats to her. I'll have to look up what she's written.
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Ill be honest and admit I havent read a thing she's writtenGreenieBacker wrote:well congrats to her. I'll have to look up what she's written.
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Won another National Book Award
First woman to ever win two
Three men (including Saul Bellow) have won two
First woman to ever win two
Three men (including Saul Bellow) have won two
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Re: At home with MacArthur Fellow and TU professor Jesmyn Wa
If she doesn't have a Chair - 'bout time she gets one.WaveProf wrote:Won another National Book Award
First woman to ever win two
Three men (including Saul Bellow) have won two
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Time Magaxine’s list of 100 most influential people in the world:
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“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16
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Wow, very impressive. Good for her.
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