Date: Wednesday November 4, 2009
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Building: Cudd Hall, Common Room
Location: uptown campus

Short-story writer Deborah Eisenberg, a recent recipient of a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation, was described by The New York Times as “one of the most important fiction writers now at work.” Eisenberg is an influential figure in contemporary American fiction.

She is the author of four collections: Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997) and Twilight of the Superheroes (2006). She lives in New York City, and teaches creative writing at the University of Virginia.

In awarding Eisenberg the “genus grant,” the MacArthur Foundation characterized her work as “an unusually distinctive portrait of contemporary American life.” The prestigious MacArthur fellowship awards a five-year, $500,000 prize to a select group of “genius” creative artists.

The second visitor in the Writer’s Writer Series this academic year will be essayist Edmund White on February 1, 2010.

Sponsored by: English Department as well as Creative Writing Fund

Admission: Free
Attendance: Tulane community
Open to: Undergraduates

Tickets: Not required

For more information contact Department of English via email to english@tulane.edu or by phone at 504-865-5160