Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit

Celebrated author Anne Fadiman to speak at Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University

Wednesday, March 13, 2002, By News Staff
Share

Celebrated author Anne Fadiman to speak at Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityMarch 13, 2002Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu

Award-winning author, essayist and editor Anne Fadiman will make two public appearances in Syracuse on April 8 and 9 as the guest of Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University. The lectures are free and open to the public.

? Fadiman will present “Using Bacon for Bookmarks” at 7:30 p.m. April 8 in SU’s Maxwell Auditorium, where she will talk about issues related to her book “Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998).

? “A Conversation with Anne Fadiman” will be presented from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 9 in the Medical Alumni Auditorium of SUNY Upstate Medical University’s Weiskotten Hall, where she will talk about issues related to her book “The Spirit Catches You” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997).

Fadiman’s visit to Syracuse is co-sponsored by The College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors Program and the Office of Undergraduate Studies at Syracuse University; and by the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, the Offices of the Provost and of the President, and the departments of Family Medicine, of Medicine and of Neurology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. During her visit, Fadiman will also meet in various small groups with selected Honors Program students, medical staff and others.

A former staff writer for Life magazine, Fadiman gained critical acclaim in 1997 with the publication of her first book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.” More than four years in the making, the book tells the story of a Hmong refugee family’s struggle with the American medical system over the care of their seriously ill daughter. The book won a 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award, the Salon Book Award for nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for nonfiction and the Boston Book Review Ann Rea Jewell Award. The Washington Post hailed the book as an “intriguing, spirit-lifting, extraordinary exploration.”

Fadiman’s second book, “Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader” is a collection of essays on the joys of reading that she wrote while a columnist for Civilization, the magazine of the Library of Congress for which she was an editor-at-large from 1994 to 1998.

A graduate of Harvard, Fadiman is the editor of The American Scholar, a literary quarterly that has been published since 1932 by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Under her stewardship, the magazine won the 1999 National Magazine Award for feature writing, beating out such luminaries as The New Yorker, Esquire and GQ.

Fadiman’s essays and articles have appeared in Harper’s, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Harvard Magazine, among others. While a staff writer for Life, she won the 1987 National Magazine Award for reporting for a story she wrote about suicide among the elderly. In 1997, Fadiman delivered the Phi Beta Kappa orations at both Harvard and Yale. She was a 1991 recipient of a John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford University.

  • Author

News Staff

  • Recent
  • Graduate Students Bring Physics to Local Classrooms With Outreach Program
    Friday, May 27, 2022, By Dan Bernardi
  • COVID-19 Update: Effective Wednesday, June 1, Masking Level Returns to Yellow
    Friday, May 27, 2022, By News Staff
  • Preparing Students for a Life of Success
    Friday, May 27, 2022, By Caroline K. Reff
  • Alumni Draw on Their Military Experience in Their Roles as Teachers
    Thursday, May 26, 2022, By Martin Walls
  • Bringing ‘CSI’ Into the Classroom
    Thursday, May 26, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

More In Uncategorized

“Syracuse University to rename the Carrier Dome – what name would fans choose?”

Beth Egan, associate professor of advertising in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the CNY Central story “Syracuse University to rename the Carrier Dome – what name would fans choose?” Egan, who specializes in strategic communications and advertising, discussed why…

Syracuse Views Spring 2022

We want to know how you experience Syracuse University. Take a photo and share it with us. We select photos from a variety of sources. Submit photos of your University experience using #SyracuseU on social media, fill out a submission…

“Can the Working Class End PMC Environmentalism?”

Matthew Huber, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Diet Soap Media Podcast episode “Can the Working Class End PMC Environmentalism?” Huber, who studies climate politics, discussed his new book that unpacks the failures…

Breen authors piece on Samuel Alito

Jenny Breen, associate professor of law in the College of Law, authored the Common Dreams opinion piece “The ‘Raw Judicial Power’ of Samuel Alito Is an Attack on Dignity, Autonomy, and Progress.” Breen, who teaches Constitutional law, discussed the leak…

“Governors Island’s New Orchard Is a Treasure Trove of Rare Fruits”

An art installation created by Sam Van Aken, associate professor of studio arts in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was featured in the Thrillist story “Governors Island’s New Orchard Is a Treasure Trove of Rare Fruits.” Van Aken, who…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2022 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.