Congratulations to Jean Valentine, who was short-listed for this year's prize for her collection Break the Glass (2010). Valentine, who was named State Poet Laureate by the Writers Institute and the Governor of New York State in 2008, last visited us on November 16, 2010. Here's a YouTube clip.
Congratulations to past Writers Institute visitors Jennifer Egan for winning the prize in fiction, and to Eric Foner for winning the prize in history (Foner participated in the Institute's "Telling the Truth" symposium on nonfiction in 1991).
Chang-rae Lee, who visited in April 2010, appeared on the short list for fiction for his new novel, The Surrendered. Alan Brinkley, short-listed for biography, also participated in "Telling the Truth" two decades ago.
