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Jackie Hill
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Towles Visits Tulsa
New York Times bestselling novelist Amor Towles distinctly remembers the day – five decades ago – when he decided he wanted to be a writer. ...
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Understanding Her Fellow Man
Edit, Nov. 3, 2022: Due to illness, Elizabeth Strout is unable to accept the 2022 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, given by the Tulsa...
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Inspired by Grace
Two decades ago, while waiting on her sons to join her for Christmas in Provincetown, Mass., American novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson suddenly “knew the...
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Making Biographical Hay
Nearly 30 years since leaving the publishing industry to pursue a career as an author, Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff still has difficulty referring to...
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Struggling Reader, Winning Writer
Internationally renowned author Richard Ford has traveled the world promoting his new memoir, Between Them: Remembering My Parents. Now, he has set his sights...
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Keeper Of History
[dropcap]Growing[/dropcap] up the son of a U.S. Army officer, Rick Atkinson always assumed he would follow in his father’s footsteps regarding his career choice. “I...
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The Master Of Intrigue
An acclaimed author of thrillers will accept the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award.