20 More, Selected Stories from Drue Heinz Literature Prize Winners, 2001-2021, Selected Stories from Drue Heinz Literature Prize Winners, 2001-2021

Year

2021

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-0-82296-679-1

Link

Last Update

18-Oct-2024

Keywords

Language & Literature

Description

Four years ago, after many years of serving as the editor of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, the poet Ed Ochester asked me to take over the role. I felt this was an honor and a chance to show gratitude for the role the prize played in my own life, when way back in (gulp) 1992, Ed called me on the phone to tell me that John Edgar Wideman had chosen my manuscript as the next winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Every writer who receives the prize will forever remember being notified of winning, and how, after the...