Wilkes alumnus and Man Booker Prize winning author Marlon James continues to achieve incredible success, this time with series order from HBO and the UK’S Channel 4 for the crime drama, Get Millie Black. According to Dateline, Get Millie Black follows “ex-Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black, who returns to Kingston…
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Man Booker Award Finalist NoViolet Bulawayo, Reads At Wilkes University’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Series on April 17
by Web ServicesAcclaimed novelist, essayist and short story writer NoViolet Bulawayo will read from her work on April 17 as part of the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series at Wilkes University. The reading, hosted by the Wilkes English Department, will be at 7 p.m. in the Salon of Kirby Hall,…
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Wilkes University Creative Writing Alumnus Marlon James New Book Called African Game of Thrones
by Web ServicesWhen Marlon James MA ’06’s novel A Brief History of Seven Killings won the Man Booker Prize in 2015, it catapulted the Wilkes creative writing alumnus to literary stardom. As the first Jaimaican to win the international prize, the award put James in the company of such notable authors as…
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A Brief History of Seven Killings Wins One of Literature’s Most Prestigious Honors Wilkes University alumnus Marlon James has won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. The international prize, one of the literary world’s most prestigious, was presented on Oct. 13 in London. …