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Presented by the Department of English
at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana

Susan Neville: Monday, January 5, 2010

Neville is the author of four works of creative nonfiction: Indiana Winter; Fabrication: Essays on Making Things and Making Meaning; Twilight in Arcadia; and Iconography: A Writer's Meditation. Her prize-winning collections of short fiction include In the House of Blue Lights, winner of the Richard Sullivan prize and Invention of Flight, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction.

7:00 PM at the Brauer Museum

Cornelius Eady: Thursday, February 11, 2010

Eady is one of the most prominent African-American poets in the country. He is the author of seven books of poetry, the most recent being the critically acclaimed Hardheaded Weather (2008), which has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award.

6:30 PM in the Refectory, Mueller Hall

Joseph Tabbi: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (subject to change)

Tabbi is the author of Cognitive Fictions (Minnesota 2002), and Postmodern Sublime (Cornell 1995), books that examine the effects of new technologies on contemporary American fiction. He edits the electronic book review and has edited and introduced William Gaddis' last fiction and collected non-fiction (Viking/Penguin). His essay on Mark Amerika appeared at the Walker Art Center's phon:e:me site, a 2000 Webby Award nominee.

7:00 PM in the Brown and Gold Room, Harre Union

Contact: Allison Schuette, Assistant Professor
(219) 464-6885

Questions or comments? Contact Sharon Palmeri at indianawritersconsortium@comcast.net

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