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TITLE: Edward P. Jones: Book Fest 07
SPEAKER: Edward P. Jones
EVENT DATE: 09/29/2007
RUNNING TIME: 27 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
Edward P. Jones in a presentation at the 2007 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Edward P. Jones, a 2004 MacArthur Fellow, is the recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award, a Lannan Foundation grant, the 2004 National Book Critics Circle fiction prize, and the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His first short story was published in Essence in 1976 and his first collection of short stories, "Lost in the City" (1992), was a finalist for the National Book Award. His most recent work, "All Aunt Hagar's Children" (HarperCollins, 2006), is a collection of short stories. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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SERIES: National Book Festival 2007