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Dear All,<br><br>
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE <u>AMY STOLLS TALK ON 4/26</u> WILL BEGIN AT <b>3:30
PM</b>, AND <i>NOT </i>AT 3:00 PM, AS I EARLIER ANNOUNCED.<br><br>
I hope to see you there--<br><br>
Thanks,<br>
Maurya<br><br>
At 12:04 PM 4/18/2007, Amanda J Labagnara wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080"> <br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Dear All,<br><br>
NEA administrator, environmental journalist, and novelist, <b>Amy
Stolls</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 </font><u>3:00-5:00
pm 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><br>
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>Palms to the Ground</i> (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), was awarded a Parents Choice Gold Award in
2005. She is currently at work on her second novel entitled <i>The
Ninth Wife</i>.<br><br>
Best wishes,<br><br>
Maurya<br><br>
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Maurya Simon<br><br>
Professor <br>
Department of Creative Writing<br>
University of California Riverside<br>
900 University Avenue<br>
Riverside, CA 92521-0318<br><br>
TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)<br><br>
FAX: (951) 827-3619 </blockquote></body>
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<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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