The finalists for the 1999 National Book Award for fiction All Edition

[Kent] Haruf's first novel, "The Tie That Binds" won a Whiting Foundation Award and a special award from the PEN/Hemingway Foundation in 1984. Haruf, who also is the author of "Where You Once Belonged," teaches at Southern Illinois University and lives with his wife, Cathy,...

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Published inMilwaukee journal sentinel
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Milwaukee, Wis Journal Sentinel Inc 15.11.1999
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Book awards
Dubus, Andre
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Summary:[Kent] Haruf's first novel, "The Tie That Binds" won a Whiting Foundation Award and a special award from the PEN/Hemingway Foundation in 1984. Haruf, who also is the author of "Where You Once Belonged," teaches at Southern Illinois University and lives with his wife, Cathy, in Murphysboro, Ill. First-time novelist [Patricia] Henley teaches in Purdue University's MFA Creative Writing Program. She is the author of two collections of short stories, "Friday Night at Silver Star" and "The Secret of Cartwheels," and a book of poems, "Back Roads." Her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Anthology.
ISSN:1082-8850