The Long Life

This Thursday, Sept. 18, Helen Small will accept the 2008 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin and speak about issues in literary criticism in a free, public event at 4 p.m. in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol on the University of Iowa campus. A reception of food and beverages will follow.

Small's "The Long Life," published in the fall of 2007 by Oxford University Press, was selected for the $30,000 Capote Award, the largest annual cash prize for literary criticism in the English language. The award is administered for the Truman Capote Estate by the UI Writers' Workshop.

The Truman Capote Estate announced the establishment of the Truman Capote Literary Trust in 1994. In addition to the administration of the literary criticism award, the Iowa Writers' Workshop involvement with the trust includes awarding Truman Capote Fellowships to UI students in creative writing.

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Small will accept Capote Award in Sept. 18 event