New York State Writers Institute
new york state writer institute literary organization based university albany albany new york sponsor albany book festival albany film festival visiting writer series classic film series trolley online literary magazine new york state summer writer institute new york state summer young writer institute collaboration skidmore college ny writer institute selected new york state legislature award new york state author edith wharton citation merit fiction writer new york state poet walt whitman citation merit poet every two year pulitzer prizewinning novelist william kennedy founded ny writer institute part fellowship awarded john catherine macarthur foundation part award five year went institution kennedy choice university albany state university new york university made commitment match fund order establish visiting writer series institute first visiting writer event nobel prizewinning novelist saul bellow later year ny governor mario cuomo signed law legislation creating new york state writer institute giving goal conduct broad range cultural educational literary activity writer institute mandate provide milieu established aspiring writer work together increase freedom artistic imaginationand encourage development writing skill level education throughout state year later institute commissioned play author toni morrison residence university albany dreaming emmett coproduced writer institute capital repertory theatre ny writer institute hosted telling truth symposium craft nonfiction symposium assembled country noted nonfiction writer threeday series presentation panel discussion among speaker maureen dowd james fallow timothy ferris france fitzgerald doris kearns goodwin mary gordon stephen jay gould patricia limerick j anthony lukas norman mailer david mccullough richard rhodes gay talese calvin trillin juan williams garry will november institute hosted new york state mind panel featuring russell bank mary gordon william kennedy meg wolitzer writer discussed used history landscape popular culture new york muse fiction writing cosponsored new york council humanity institute celebrated th anniversary special event featuring former governor mario cuomo institute began expand event include theatre conjunction american place theatre institute presented oneperson theatrical adaptation junot díazs pulitzer prizewinning novel brief wondrous life oscar wao inaugural event creative life conversation series ualbany began featuring pulitzer prizewinning author joyce carol oates speaker series also saw several iconic visiting speaker including bill nye supreme court justice sonia sotomayor olympic goldmedalist aly raisman institute hosted twoday symposium examining meaning truth modern journalism called telling truth posttruth world symposium moderated bob schieffer institute celebrated th anniversary event university albany thursday january institute received million donation chet karen opalka foundation january ny writer institute cosponsors university albany speaker series began event feature nationally recognized icon deliver speech engage qas ualbanys campus sponsor series include ualbany student association division student affair university auxiliary service alumnus association event free student open public past speaker include dan rather – broadcast journalist author terry crew – actor athlete activist aly raisman – olympic medal gymnast author tyler oakley – pop culture phenomenon captain scott kelly – engineer u navy captain retired astronaut octavia spencer – academy awardwinning actress sonia sotomayor – u supreme court justice brandon stanton – photographer creator human new york daymond john – celebrity entrepreneur fubu founder shark tank investor venus williams – tennis legend bill nye science guy – need say common – king conscious hip hop david axelrod david plouffe jon favreau – obama campaign advisor president bill clinton – nd president united state magic johnson – basketball legend entrepreneur philanthropist barbara walter – broadcast journalist author television personality howard dean karl rove – political icon general colin powell – former u secretary state official website