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Laura Furman
Laura Furman (born 1945) is an American author whose work has appeared in ''The New Yorker,'' ''Mirabella,'' ''Ploughshares'', ''Southwest Review, Yale Review, and elsewhere'. Biography Furman was born in New York City and attended Hunter College High School and Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. In 1978, she moved to Houston, Texas. After living in Houston, Galveston, Dallas, and Lockhart she settled in Austin with her husband, Joel Warren Barna, and their son. She has written four collections of stories ''The Glass House, Watch Time Fly, Drinking with the Cook, The Mother Who Stayed'', two novels ''The Shadow Line'' and ''Tuxedo Park'', and a memoir ''Ordinary Paradise.'' From 2002 - 2019, she was the series editor of The O. Henry Prize Stories, an annual collection published by Anchor Books. Furman selected the twenty winning stories. She taught for twenty-eight years at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was Susan Taylor McDaniel Regents Professor of Creati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the List of United States cities by population, 11th-most-populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fourth-most-populous city in Texas, the List of capitals in the United States, second-most-populous state capital city, and the most populous state capital that is not also the most populous city in its state. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 corridor. Some observers believe that the two regions may some day form a new "metroplex" similar to Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas and Fort Worth. Austin i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vision (magazine)
''Vision magazine'' is a quarterly magazine published by Falcon and Associates, a strategic advisory concern working on behalf of the Dubai government. The magazine was first published in December 2010. The quarterly covers business, music, culture, life and sports in the Emirate Published by Falcon and Associates, the brand comprises a quarterly print magazine, a digital edition for iPad and desktop and the website, all published in English. A Chinese print magazine and website are also available, both in Mandarin.Vision magazine launches digital app Vision magazine is the second largest audited publication in the UAE with a BPA* audited figure of 61,986 copies. Its contributors include leading journalists and thought leaders from across the world. Previous cover stars have included [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Houston Forum
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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