The Sidney Harman Writer-In-Residence Program
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May 5, 2013
Bill Cheng, novelist and Harman Program alumnus speaks about his debut novel on NPR, and how he draws inspiration from the blues music he grew up with. It's quite a passionate story. Listen here:
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/05/180620917/a-tale-from-the-delta-born-of-the-blues
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APRIL 26, 2013
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Bill Cheng, a former Encounters writer and Harman creative writing student has published his debut novel, Southern Cross the Dog.
His book is available for purchase at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Southern-Cross-Dog-A-Novel/dp/0062225006
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For those of you who were not at the Harman Program's 10th Anniversary Celebration in 2008, here's Bill Cheng's moving toast to Dr. Sidney Harman.
Click here to see the video
Coming soon: Bill will read from his debut novel, Southern Cross the Dog at the May 7th Encounters event.
Read more on our Harman Program Facebook page.
Current Writers-in-Residence
- Katherine Vaz
Fall 2012 - Hilton Als
Spring 2013
Past Writers-in-Residence
- Edward Albee
- Agha Shahid Ali
- Yehuda Amichai
- Paul Auster
- April Bernard
- Susan Choi
- Anita Desai
- William Finnegan
- Francisco Goldman
- Philip Gourevitch
- Major Jackson
- Ben Katchor
- Jane Kramer
- Mark Kurlansky
- Tony Kushner
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
- Colum McCann
- Lorrie Moore
- Carol Muske-Dukes
- Sigrid Nunez
- Joseph O'Connor
- George Packer
- Richard Price
- Francine Prose
- Laurie Sheck
- Charles Simic
- John Edgar Wideman
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