Janet Peery, 25th Annual ODU Literary Festival
Document Type
Featured Participant
Festival Date
9-30-2002
Location
The Old Dominion University Creative Writing Center
Author/Artist Bio
Janet Peery won the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for her first book Alligator Dance and a Whiting Foundation Writer's Award. Several of the individual stories won awards and were included in the Best American Short Stories (l993). She is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, two times winner of the Goodheart Prize from Washington and Lee University, and three times mentioned in BASS's 100 Stories of Distinction. Her novel The River Beyond the World was a Finalist for the l996 National Book Award. In 2000, Writer's Digest cited her as "One of 50 Writers to Watch in the Next Decade." Peery teaches creative writing classes at Old Dominion University.
Description
Monday, September 30th, 2002 at 8:00 p.m.
Writers on stage (Luisa Igloria, Michael Pearson, Janet Peery, Sheri Reynolds, Tim Seibles, and Brian Silberman) read and perform their own works. An evening rich in surprises.
Recommended Citation
Peery, Janet, "Janet Peery, 25th Annual ODU Literary Festival" (2002). 25th Annual Literary Festival at ODU: September 30-October 5, 2002. 20.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/litfest-2002/20
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