Reading by novelist Jean McGarry presented by the ICWT & MFA Programs in Writing
Department: Intl. Center for Writing and Trans.
Date and Time: November 18, 2010 | 5:30 PM-6:30 PMEvent Location: 1030 Humanities Gateway
Event Details
Jean McGarry is the author of seven works of fiction, among them the novel The Courage of Girls (Rutgers University Press) and the short story collection Dream Date (JHU Press). Her 2006 novel, A Bad and Stupid Girl (University of Michigan Press), received the University of Michigan Fiction Prize. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Yale Review, Boulevard, The Southwest Review, and others. She is Professor in the Writing Seminars program at John Hopkins University where she served as chairperson of the department from 1997-2005.
In addition, McGarry is the recipient of the Bread Loaf Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the Southern Review, Louisiana State University Short Fiction Prize, and the Pushcart Prize.
Reception, book sale, and signing to follow. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact icwt@uci.edu or (949) 824-1948.