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May 22: Young Person as a Book's Main Character
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 15:58:37 -0500
Susan Kuklin tried to send this message to everyone, but for some reason it didn't come through, so I offered to send it for her. If you receive it more than once, blame me, not the PEN folks. Sounds like a terrific event! - Ginny
THE YOUNG PERSON AS A BOOK'S MAIN CHARACTER Writers of Books For Adults, Children, or Both Discuss Their Work
Presented by the PEN Children's Book Authors' Committee & the PEN Forums Committee
Tuesday, May 22, 2001 at 7:00 PM The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center Rose Building, 10th Floor, 165 West 65th Street
Tony Earley, author of the acclaimed novel, Jim the Boy was named one of America's Twenty Best Young Writers by Granta, and is a professor at Vanderbilt University.
Jules Feiffer, a playwright and author, is the creator of I Lost My Bear, The Man in the Ceiling, and Bark, George for children, and Little Murders and Carnal Knowledge for adults.
E.R. Frank, author of the groundbreaking first novel, Life is Funny, is also a social worker in Brooklyn, dealing with young people much like the characters in her book.
Jack Gantos is the author of many books including, the 2001 Newbery Honor Book, Joey Pigza Loses Control, and the 1998 National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key. He is the author of the adult novel, Zip Six.
Robert Lipsyte, a New York Times columnist, is the author of the young adult novels The Contender and One Fat Summer. He won the 2001 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime contribution to writing for young adults. His adult nonfiction includes In the Country of Illness.
Richard Peck, is the author of the 2001 Newbery Medal Winner, A Year Down Yonder, a sequel to A Long Way From Chicago, a 1999 Newbery Honor Book, as well as books for adults including London Holiday and Amanda/Miranda.
Moderator: Richard Jackson, Editorial Director of Richard Jackson Books, an imprint of Atheneum, a division of Simon and Schuster.
For reservations or information call (212) 33460, ext. 107 Free for PEN Members. $5 for nonmembers.
This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency...
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
Phone: 608&3721 or 720 Fax: 608&2I33
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a noncirculating library for adults with an academic, professional or career interest in contemporary or historical literature for children and young adults.
Received on Mon 02 Apr 2001 03:58:37 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 15:58:37 -0500
Susan Kuklin tried to send this message to everyone, but for some reason it didn't come through, so I offered to send it for her. If you receive it more than once, blame me, not the PEN folks. Sounds like a terrific event! - Ginny
THE YOUNG PERSON AS A BOOK'S MAIN CHARACTER Writers of Books For Adults, Children, or Both Discuss Their Work
Presented by the PEN Children's Book Authors' Committee & the PEN Forums Committee
Tuesday, May 22, 2001 at 7:00 PM The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center Rose Building, 10th Floor, 165 West 65th Street
Tony Earley, author of the acclaimed novel, Jim the Boy was named one of America's Twenty Best Young Writers by Granta, and is a professor at Vanderbilt University.
Jules Feiffer, a playwright and author, is the creator of I Lost My Bear, The Man in the Ceiling, and Bark, George for children, and Little Murders and Carnal Knowledge for adults.
E.R. Frank, author of the groundbreaking first novel, Life is Funny, is also a social worker in Brooklyn, dealing with young people much like the characters in her book.
Jack Gantos is the author of many books including, the 2001 Newbery Honor Book, Joey Pigza Loses Control, and the 1998 National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key. He is the author of the adult novel, Zip Six.
Robert Lipsyte, a New York Times columnist, is the author of the young adult novels The Contender and One Fat Summer. He won the 2001 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime contribution to writing for young adults. His adult nonfiction includes In the Country of Illness.
Richard Peck, is the author of the 2001 Newbery Medal Winner, A Year Down Yonder, a sequel to A Long Way From Chicago, a 1999 Newbery Honor Book, as well as books for adults including London Holiday and Amanda/Miranda.
Moderator: Richard Jackson, Editorial Director of Richard Jackson Books, an imprint of Atheneum, a division of Simon and Schuster.
For reservations or information call (212) 33460, ext. 107 Free for PEN Members. $5 for nonmembers.
This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency...
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
Phone: 608&3721 or 720 Fax: 608&2I33
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) is a noncirculating library for adults with an academic, professional or career interest in contemporary or historical literature for children and young adults.
Received on Mon 02 Apr 2001 03:58:37 PM CDT
