TITLE

Editorial

AUTHOR(S)

Fogarty, Robert S.

PUB. DATE

September 1997

SOURCE

Antioch Review;Fall97, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

Editorial. Comments on the `Antioch Review' periodical's nomination of fiction written by its contributors to various award-giving bodies in the United States. Nomination of works by Ha Jin, Edith Pearlman and Rick DeMarinis; Domination of the awards by mass-circulation magazines; Role of the periodical in nurturing and shaping literary culture.

ACCESSION #

9710252742

Tags: LITERARY prizes -- United States

 

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