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Stewart O'Nan
Stewart O'Nan (born February 4, 1961) is an American novelist. Life and work Background Born on February 4, 1961, to John Lee O'Nan II and Mary Ann O'Nan (''née'' Smith), he and his brother John were raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where their father worked for Alcoa. O'Nan earned his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at Boston University in 1983. While in Boston, O'Nan became a fan of the Red Sox. On October 27, 1984, he married Trudy Anne Southwick, his high school sweetheart. They moved to Long Island, New York, and he went to work for Grumman Aerospace Corporation in Bethpage, New York, as a test engineer from 1984 to 1988. Encouraged by his wife to pursue a career in writing, they moved to Ithaca, New York, and O'Nan returned to college and graduated with his M.F.A. from Cornell University in 1992. His family and he then moved to Edmond, Oklahoma, and he taught at the University of Central Oklahoma and the University of New Mexico. From 1995 to 1998, he was a writer-in-re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Master Of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.) is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts administration. It is a graduate degree that typically requires two to three years of postgraduate study after a bachelor's degree, though the term of study varies by country or university. Coursework is primarily of an applied or performing nature, with the program often culminating in a thesis exhibition or performance. The first university to admit students to the degree of Master of Fine Arts was the University of Iowa in 1940. Requirements A candidate for an MFA typically holds a bachelor's degree prior to admission, but many institutions do not require that the candidate's undergraduate major conform with their proposed path of study in the MFA program. Admissions requirements often consist of a sample portfolio of artworks or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gordon Green
David Gordon Green is an American filmmaker. He directed the dramas ''George Washington'' (2000), '' All the Real Girls'' (2003), and '' Snow Angels'' (2007), as well as the thriller '' Undertow'' (2004), all of which he wrote or co-wrote. In 2008, Green transitioned into comedy, directing the films ''Pineapple Express'' (2008), ''Your Highness'' and '' The Sitter'' (both 2011). He returned to his dramatic roots with the independent films ''Prince Avalanche'' and '' Joe'' (both 2013), followed by the films ''Manglehorn'' (2014), '' Our Brand Is Crisis'' (2015), and '' Stronger'' (2017). Green also directed a trilogy of slasher films in the ''Halloween'' franchise: '' Halloween'' (2018), ''Halloween Kills'' (2021) and ''Halloween Ends'' (2022), which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Danny McBride. Green also directed episodes of the acclaimed comedy series '' Eastbound & Down'' (2009–2013), ''Red Oaks'' (2014–17), ''Vice Principals'' (2016–17), and '' The Righteous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Angels (film)
''Snow Angels'' is a 2007 drama film starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale. It was directed by David Gordon Green, who also wrote the screenplay adapted from Stewart O'Nan's 1994 novel of the same title. The film premiered in the dramatic competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. It is a character driven film centered on several characters dealing with loss of innocence in a small town. ''Snow Angels'' was released on 7 March 2008. Plot On a cold afternoon, with snow on the ground, a high school band in a small Pennsylvania town is practicing for the season's last football game, when they hear gunshots while their teacher, Mr. Chervenick, is giving instructions. The film abruptly flashes back to a few weeks before, to a Chinese restaurant that employs a high school boy named Arthur, his ex-babysitter, Annie, and her best friend, Barb. Arthur, who's a bit of a misfit, has a troubled home life caused by his constantly clashing parents, both of whom often forget about h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snow Angels (novel)
''Snow Angels'' is a 1994 novel by American author Stewart O'Nan. Set in 1974 in Butler, Pennsylvania, a county seat 35 miles north of Pittsburgh, ''Snow Angels'' is the story of teenager Arthur Parkinson, the disintegration of his parents' marriage, and the murder of Arthur's one-time babysitter, Annie Marchand. When the book was still in manuscript, it earned the first Pirate's Alley Faulkner Prize for the Novel, awarded by the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society of New Orleans. In 2007 ''Snow Angels'' was adapted for a film of the same title, directed by David Gordon Green, who also wrote the screenplay, and starring Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for appearing in independent films and also as a character actor portraying a wide variety of roles both comedic and dramatic in films such as ''Lawn Dogs'' (1997 ... and Kate Beckinsale. References 1994 American novels Novels set in Pennsylvania Fiction set in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Threepenny Review
''The Threepenny Review'' is an American literary magazine founded in 1980. It is published in Berkeley, California, by founding editor Wendy Lesser. Maintaining a quarterly schedule (March, June, September, December), it offers fiction, memoirs, poetry, essays and criticism to a readership of 10,000. Without the support of patrons or a university, the publication has an annual budget of $200,000. History The magazine was launched in 1980 after Lesser (then 27 years old with no editing experience) was a guest editor of Ron Nowicki's ''San Francisco Review of Books''. She found the experience so rewarding that she decided to create her own publication, and the first issue of ''The Threepenny Review'' appeared three months later. She chose the title for its "obvious Brechtian overtones". "The Threepenny Opera" is the title of one of Brecht's most famous works. It sometimes features an essay symposium, as described by critic Deborah Mead in reviewing issue 104 (Winter 2006): What se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The South Dakota Review
The ''South Dakota Review'' (''SDR'') is a quarterly literary magazine published by the University of South Dakota. History and profile ''SDR'' was founded in 1963 by John R. Milton and is currently edited by Lee Ann Roripaugh. Past associate editors include Eileen Sullivan and Theo Bohn. Works with a strong sense of place and image are encouraged. The magazine has its headquarters in Vermillion. ''SDR'' publishes poetry, fiction, interview, and literary non-fiction by both emerging and established writers of considerable skill. Recent contributors of note include Philip Heldrich, Tricia Currans-Sheehan, Jacob M. Appel, Gary Fincke, Eileen Sullivan Eileen Sullivan is an American journalist who has covered counter-terrorism and national security for The Associated Press and ''The New York Times''. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2012. Early life Sullivan was born in ..., and Mark Sanders. See also * List of literary magazines References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Review
The University of Oregon has a diverse array of student-run and non-student-run media outlets. Newspapers ''Daily Emerald'' The ''Daily Emerald'', published Monday through Friday, primarily features news items and commentary pertaining to the University community, and is considered the daily paper of record. In addition to the print newspaper, the ''Emerald'' publishes its features on the internet. The ''Emerald'' has been in publication for more than 100 years. A court case involving the ''Emeralds publication of several first-hand student accounts of drug use during the 1960s became the basis for the subsequent creation of the Oregon Shield Law. The paper became independent in the 1970s after editor Paul Brainerd realized the potential conflict of interest between acting as a watchdog while simultaneously receiving direct funding and oversight from the university. Today the paper is supported by advertising revenue and is distributed free to students because of a subscription ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nebraska Review
''The Nebraska Review'' was a leading American literary magazine, based at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, Nebraska. The magazine was founded in 1972 by Richard Duggan and published until 2003. Notable contributors *John Addiego * Jacob M. Appel *Erin Belieu *Scott Boylston *Amy Knox Brown *DeWitt Henry *Peter Leach *Arthur Saltzman *James Smith * Tom Whalen Honors and awards Four stories that appeared in the Nebraska Review were shortlisted for the Pushcart Prize. Other stories that appeared in the Nebraska Review were reprinted in the Best American Short Stories The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of '' The Best American Series'' published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in co .... References 1972 establishments in Nebraska 2003 disestablishments in Nebraska Defunct literary magazines published in the United States Magazines esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Pittsburgh Press
The University of Pittsburgh Press is a scholarly publishing house and a major American university press, part of the University of Pittsburgh. The university and the press are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The press publishes several series in the humanities and social sciences, including Illuminations—Cultural Formations of the Americas; Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies, Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literary, and Culture; Pittsburgh/Konstanz Series in Philosophy and History of Science; Culture, Politics, and the Built Environment; Central Eurasia in Context, and Latinx and Latin American Profiles. The press is especially known for literary publishing, particularly its Pitt Poetry Series, the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. The press also publishes the winner of the annual Donald Hall Prize, awarded by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs and the winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize is a major American literary award for short fiction in the English language. This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States was initiated in 1981 by Drue Heinz and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel. It has recognized and supported writers of short fiction and made their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers; past judges have included Robert Penn Warren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Michael Chabon, Frank Conroy, Richard Ford, John Edgar Wideman, Nadine Gordimer, and Rick Moody Hiram Frederick Moody III (born October 18, 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel ''The Ice Storm'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 students in 2021. UNM comprises twelve colleges and schools, including the only law school in New Mexico. It offers 94 baccalaureate, 71 masters, and 37 doctoral degrees. The main campus spans in central Albuquerque, with branch campuses in Gallup, Los Alamos, Rio Rancho, Taos, and Los Lunas. UNM is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", and spent over $243 million on research and development in 2021, ranking 103rd in the nation. UNM's NCAA Division I program ( FBS for football) offers 16 varsity sports; known as the Lobos, the teams compete in the Mountain West Conference and have won national championships in skiing and cross country running. The official school colors are cherry and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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