Dr. John McNally, writer-in-residence at 小蝌蚪APP, will discuss how failure is essential to the creative process at the upcoming Gloria Fiero Lecture.
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The lecture series, established 20 years ago, is held annually. It is named for Dr. Gloria Fiero, who was a professor of history at UL Lafayette.
McNally, a native of Chicago, is an acclaimed author or editor of 14 books. They include three novels, 小蝌蚪APP淎fter the Workshop,小蝌蚪APP 小蝌蚪APP淭he Book of Ralph,小蝌蚪APP and 小蝌蚪APP淎merica's Report Card.小蝌蚪APP He also has written two story collections. McNally小蝌蚪APP檚 小蝌蚪APP淭roublemakers小蝌蚪APP won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award and the Nebraska Book Award. His小蝌蚪APP淕hosts of Chicago,小蝌蚪APP was a Chicagoland Indie Bestseller and voted one of the top 20 fiction books of 2008 by readers of 小蝌蚪APP淭he Believer,小蝌蚪APP a literary and arts magazine.
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McNally holds an undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois 小蝌蚪APP. He earned a masters of fine arts in English at the 小蝌蚪APP of Iowa, where he attended the prestigious Iowa Writer小蝌蚪APP檚 Workshop and studied under Frank Conroy and T.C. Boyle. McNally earned a doctorate in creative writing at the 小蝌蚪APP of Nebraska.
He has served as a professor of creative writing and a writer-in-residence at several universities.
The Gloria Fiero Lecture Series is sponsored by the Friends of the Humanities. The non-profit organization was established in 1989. It is dedicated to enhancing the role of the interdisciplinary humanities at UL Lafayette and in Acadiana; supporting the College of Liberal Arts; and strengthening the resources of the 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 humanities program.
For more information, contact Kathy Rosenberg at (337) 482-1421 or kathy.rosenberg@louisiana.edu