2007 Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities

 

The West Virginia Humanities Council brought one of the truly big names in American literature to West Virginia in 2007. Award-winning author, critic, editor and book publisher Joyce Carol Oates delivered the 2007 Betsy K. McCreight Lecture in the Humanities. The program was held at 7:30 p.m. on October 18 at the University of Charleston. The event was free and open to the public.

Joyce Carol Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University. She is a winner of the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and has been nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize. Her new book, The Gravedigger’s Daughter, was published in May 2007 by Harper Collins.

Check back here in coming months for details on the 2008 McCreight Lecture.

This program is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.