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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear All,<br>
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NEA administrator, environmental journalist, and novelist, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Amy Stolls</span></b>, will be coming to campus on <u>Thursday,
April 26th</u> to talk about applications for NEA Fellowships, other arts
funding for writers, life after receiving an MFA, and a number of other topics
relevant to all of us. I urge you to attend her informal and informative
talk on the 26th, which will be held from </span></font><u>3:00-5:00 pm</u><u> in Rm. 1500 HMNSS</u>.<br>
<br>
Also, if you'd like to come to an <u>early dinner at Ciao Bella</u> with Ms.
Stolls and several faculty (around 5:30 pm), please RSVP to me or Amanda ASAP.<br>
<br>
Here's a bio for Amy Stolls:<br>
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As Literature Program Officer for the National Endowment for the Arts, Amy
Stolls manages the grants program in literature for organizations and
individuals. Her responsibilities run the gamut from facilitating review
panels to advising non-profit organizations on the creation, presentation,
preservation, accessibility, and/or educational value of literary
projects. Since 1998, she has reviewed more than 1,500 proposals from
organizations and thousands more from individual writers, has moderated more
than 25 panels, and worked with more than 300 authors, translators, editors,
booksellers, publishers, and other experts in the field. From 1988 to
1996, Ms. Stolls was an environmental journalist who gained international
recognition for her coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. She has an
MFA in Creative Writing from American University, where she has taught courses
on contemporary literature. Her first novel, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Palms to the Ground</span></i> (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), was
awarded a Parents Choice Gold Award in 2005. She is currently at work on
her second novel entitled <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Ninth Wife</span></i>.<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Maurya<br>
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<br>
<div>Maurya Simon</div>
<br>
<div>Professor </div>
<div>Department of Creative Writing</div>
<div>University of California Riverside</div>
<div>900 University Avenue</div>
<div>Riverside, CA 92521-0318</div>
<br>
<div>TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)</div>
<br>
<div>FAX: (951) 827-3619 </div>
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