{"product_id":"the-hopwood-awards-michael-barrett-9780472069262","title":"The Hopwood Awards: 75 Years of Prized Writing","description":"\"Permit me to say that I have won Hopwoods and also lost them, and I know the power that winning gives and the way the soul shakes when, all ears, you hear silence instead of your name.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Arthur Miller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Hopwood Awards claim a gallery of prizewinners who rose to become the Who's Who of writers of the last three generations: Max Apple, John Ciardi, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Hayden, Laura Kasischke, Jane Kenyon, Arthur Miller, Howard Moss, Frank O'Hara, Marge Piercy, Ronald Wallace, and Nancy Willard, among many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince they first began in 1931, funded by a bequest from the will of playwright Avery Hopwood, University of Michigan Class of 1905, the Hopwood Awards have grown in profile and stature to become one of the most sought after and celebrated writing prizes for students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hopwood Awards: 75 Years of Prized Writing\u003c\/i\u003e collects-for the first time in one volume-poetry and prose by writers who won Hopwood Awards when they were students at the University of Michigan and who went on to achieve fame as writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Delbanco\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Director of the Hopwood Program at the University of Michigan. He is author or editor of numerous books, including\u003ci\u003e Anywhere Out of the World: Essays on Travel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWriting, Death;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sincerest Form\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Writing Life: The Hopwood Lectures\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Beauchamp\u003c\/b\u003e is Program Associate at the Hopwood Program, and Michael Barrett is Associate Editor at the Hopwood Program, University of Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Barrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472069268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472069262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.64w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 313","brand":"Michael Barrett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064991068415,"sku":"9780472069262","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e63f1e13-398e-4429-9ee3-ee9536bd2404.jpg?v=1768672408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hopwood-awards-michael-barrett-9780472069262","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}