Writers on Writing: Karen Joy Fowler
Sunday, October 28, 2012, 5:00 pm
Karen Joy Fowler is the author of six novels and three short-story collections. The Jane Austen Book Club spent 13 weeks on The New York Times bestsellers list and was a New York Times Notable Book. Free.
Location:
Humanities Building, Humanities Auditorium
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Sponsor:
Creative Writing Department
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Phone:
415-338-1891
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Fowler’s previous novel, Sister Noon, was a finalist for the 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Her debut novel, Sarah Canary, and second novel, The Sweetheart Season were also New York Times Notable Books. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon says of Fowler, “No contemporary writer creates characters more appealing, or examines them with greater acuity and forgiveness, than she does.”
The Creative Writing Department opens its Writers on Writing course to the public every Monday evening of the semester. Taught by Professor Robert Glück, the course features faculty and visiting writers reading from their works and discussing their creative process.