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this year. Turow has been a partner in the Chicago office of a national law firm since 1986, concentrating on white-collar crimi- nal defense while also devoting a substan- tial amount of time to pro bono matters. Signing 12:30 p.m.
rack Obama. Alexander is chair of Afri- can American Studies at Yale Univer- sity. Signing 11:30 a.m.
10:35 A.M. JONATHAN FRANZEN The 2001 National Book Award for fic- tion went to Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections,” a sprawling family drama that was one of the decade’s bestselling works of literary fiction. The novel was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Franzen’s new novel is “Freedom.” Sign- ing 11:30 a.m.
Poetry &
Prose pavilion
10 A.M. ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright and teacher. A collection of her poetry, “American Sublime,” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Most re- cently she published “Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color,” her first young-adult collection (co-written with Marilyn Nel- son). Last year she composed and deliv- ered the poem “Praise Song for the Day” for the inauguration of President Ba-
11:10 A.M. GAIL GODWIN After graduation, Gail Godwin worked as a reporter for the Miami Herald, which inspired her novel “Queen of the Underworld.” She then traveled to Eu- rope, working for the U.S. Travel Service at the U.S. Embassy in London. These years are documented in volume 1 of “The Making of a Writer” (volume 2 is scheduled for publication this year). Her PhD dissertation from the Univer- sity of Iowa was published in 1970 as her first novel, “The Perfectionists.” Her latest book is “Unfinished Desires.” Signing 12 p.m.
11:45 A.M. RAE ARMANTROUT Rae Armantrout is the 2010 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for “Versed,” which the Pulitzer committee cited as “a book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness.” Signing 12:30 p.m.
12:20 P.M. POETRY OUT LOUD Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to memorize and per- form great poems. Award-winning stu- dents will read poems during this event.
12:55 P.M.
THOMAS MALLON Thomas Mallon’s novels include “Henry and Clara,” “Two Moons,” “Dewey De- feats Truman” and “Aurora 7.” This year he became director of the creative writ- ing program at George Washington University. His new book is “Yours Ever: People and Their Letters.” Signing 2:30 p.m.
1:30 P.M. CHANG-RAE LEE Chang-rae Lee took a job on Wall Street in 1987, but the work was unfulfilling, so he resigned and decided to work on a novel. That novel was never pub- lished, but his next one, “Native Speak- er,” was. “Native Speaker” won the American Book Award and the Hem- ingway Foundation/PEN Award. His new novel is “Surrendered.” Signing 3 p.m.
2:05 P.M. ORHAN PAMUK Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and grew up in a large family in the city’s wealthy westernized district. Until the age of 22, he devoted himself largely to painting and dreamed of becoming an artist. At 23, Pamuk decided to become
a novelist and retreated into his flat and began to write. In 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His new book is “The Museum of Inno- cence.” Signing 12:30 p.m.
3:10 P.M. NATASHA TRETHEWEY Natasha Trethewey’s most recent collec- tion of poetry is “Native Guard,” for which she won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize. Her newest book is “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf.” Signing 1:30 p.m.
4 P.M.
ALLEGRA GOODMAN Allegra Goodman’s first book — a col- lection of short stories — was published in 1989, on the day she graduated from Harvard. Her novels include “The Fami- ly Markowitz,” “Paradise Park” and “In- tuition.” Her newest book is “The Cook- book Collector.” Signing 2:30 p.m.
4:35 P.M. JANE SMILEY Jane Smiley is the author of several crit- ically acclaimed and popular novels, in- cluding “The Age of God,” “The Green- landers,” “Ordinary Love and Good Will,” “A Thousand Acres” (winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award), “Horse Heaven,” “Good Faith” and a new young adult novel, “The Georges and the Jew- els.” Smiley’s new novel for adults is “Private Life.” Smiley will also appear in the Teens & Children pavilion at 12 p.m. Signing 1:30 p.m.
THE WASHINGTON POST • BOOK WORLD • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
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