Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Fund Fellowship
Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Fund Fellowships are for creative and performing artists and writers.
| Date |
Name |
Affiliation |
Position |
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| 1999 |
Sarah Messer |
Madison, WI |
Non-Fiction Writer, Poet |
Red House: A non-fiction memoir that explores America’s fascination with history, family, and Great Houses |
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| 1999 |
Jeanne Mackin |
Ithaca, NY |
Novelist |
The Sweet By and By: Maggie and Katie Fox |
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| 1999 |
Nicole Cooley |
New York, NY |
Poet |
The Afflicted Girls: A book of poetry about the Salem witch trials |
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| 1999 |
Cassandra Fay Smith |
Detriot, MI |
Historian, Miniaturist, and Writer |
Slaves, free blacks, runaways: dolls of the antebellum United States |
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| 1998 |
Cornelia Nixon |
Bloomington, IN |
Novelist |
Jarrettsville: The true story of Martha Jane Carines, a Maryland woman who killed her fiancé in 1869 and was acquitted |
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| 1998 |
Thomas Dunn |
Henniker, NH |
Playwright |
Research for a play about Winslow Homer and his early career,1856-1875 |
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| 1998 |
Christopher Cokinos |
Manhattan, KS |
Creative Writer |
Hope is the Thing With Feathers |
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| 1998 |
Barbara M. Weisberg |
New York, NY |
Writer and Producer |
Talking to the Dead: A non-fiction children's book about Kate and Maggie Fox |
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| 1997 |
Marilyn Arsem |
Boston, MA |
Performance Artist |
Spirit Messages: A performance based on 19th century Spiritualism, as well as late 19th century daily life in New England |
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| 1997 |
Stephen O'Connor |
New York, NY |
Non-Fiction Writer |
Orphan Trains: The Story of Charles Loring Brace and the Children He Saved and Failed |
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