Trogdon, who writes under the nom de plume William Least Heat-Moon, has authored nine books, including the best-sellers Blue Highways, PrairyErth and River-Horse. “I’ve always had this love of books,” says Trogdon, BA ’61, MA ’62, PhD ’73, BJ ’78, DHL ’11. But there is the photograph: Wee William Trogdon, age 2, seated on the floor, studying a book - a reader amongst toddlers. On first hearing, the story smacks of so much over-proud, possibly mythical, family lore surrounding a precocious tot who grows up to become an acclaimed author. He is shown here in Ellis Library’s special collections and rare books area. Long known for his nonfiction, starting with Blue Highways in 1983, Trogdon published his first novel in 2017, excerpted on the following pages. Ever since he could remember, noted author William Trogdon has had a book in his hand.
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She passed from this world into the next on January 30, 2022. Erin Moore (moore.erinx) on TikTok 1.1M Likes. Among other honours, she is a two-time winner of Canada’s Governor General’s Award (in poetry and translation), a winner of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Nelson Ball Prize, a co-recipient of the QWF Spoken Word Prize, a three-time finalist for a Best Translated Book Award in poetry, and a three-time finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. A native Texan, Erin Sue Moore was born October 16th, 1980 and grew up in College Station, Texas. A 40-year retrospective of her work, Planetary Noise: The Poetry of. ERÍN MOURE is a poet and translator (primarily of Galician and French poetry into English) who welcomes texts that are unconventional or difficult because she loves and needs them. Little Theatres has been translated into Galician and French, and O Cadoiro into German. We enjoyed lively debates over the many unanswered questions raised by Candida in particular. Sondheim claimed that there was nothing he wrote that was not inspired by Shaw. “Our common link was a fascination with George Bernard Shaw, especially his activism and humanitarianism. “ Stephen Sondheim and I were first introduced when I was 15 through my godmother Hermione Gingold (for whom we named Gingold Theatrical Group),” said Staller in a statement. Serving as understudies will be Alton Alburo ( to the yellow house), Fernando Lamberty ( Law & Order: Organized Crime), and Matenin Sangare ( School Girls: Or, the African Mean Girls Play). Foster ( Fat Ham) as Morell, Peter Romano ( First Down) as Lexy, David Ryan Smith ( Epiphany) as Burgess, Avanthika Srinivasan ( Queen) as Candida, Avery Whitted ( Against the Hillside) as Marchbanks, and Amber Reauchean Williams ( Behind the Sheet) as Prossy. GTG Founding Artistic Director David Staller will direct the production starring R.J. The limited run has scheduled performances through November 19. Previews for the Sondheim-inspired production from Gingold Theatrical Group in Theatre Two will begin October 5 ahead of its October 25 opening night. The upcoming fall production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida at Off-Broadway's Theatre Row has announced its cast. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn't done with them yet. Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She's pregnant by a boy she'd gone out with while on the rebound from Alex. 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The Betrothed has been celebrated by Primo Levi and Natalia Ginzburg, and is one of Pope Francis's favorite books. Giuseppe Verdi composed his majestic Requiem Mass in honor of Manzoni. Published in its final form in 1842, The Betrothed has inspired generations of Italian readers and writers. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The New Yorker The Betrothed is a cornerstone of Italian culture, language, and literature. "Thefirst English translation in more than fifty years of Alessandro Manzoni's masterpiece,a work of foundational Italian literature on par with the Divine Comedy and the Decameron."- The Wall Street Journal "An exemplary historical novel" ( The New Yorker ) from the father of modern Italian literature, The Betrothed receives its first new English-language translation in fifty years, hailed as "alandmark literary occasion" by Jhumpa Lahiri. After nearly being sold off to a terrifying man, Cinderella escapes. 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