Horne receives Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize

Hall-Waters Prize winner Jennifer Horne and her husband, Don Noble, are shown with Dr. Kirk Curnutt and students from his English senior seminar class

Hall-Waters Prize winner Jennifer Horne and her husband, Don Noble, are shown with Dr. Kirk Curnutt and students from his English senior seminar class

Award-winning author and former Poet Laureate of Alabama Jennifer Horne received Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize on April 25.

The poet and nonfiction author began the day reading some of her works and answering questions from students in Dr. Kirk Curnutt’s English senior seminar class during a presentation in the Lamar P. Higgins Ballrooms on the…

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Author Jennifer Horne to receive TROY’s Hall-Waters Prize on April 25

Horne, an award winning poet and nonfiction author, is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Horne, an award winning poet and nonfiction author, is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Award-winning poet and nonfiction author Jennifer Horne, a native of Little Rock, Ark., will receive Troy University’s Hall-Waters Prize on April 25.

Horne, who served as the Poet Laureate of Alabama from 2017 to 2021, will read selections from her recent biography, “Odyssey of a Wandering Mind: The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author” (2023),…

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Curnutt receives Troy University’s Book Token Award

Dr. Kirk Curnutt receives the Troy University Libraries' Book Token Award from Dean of Libraries Dr. Chris Shaffer during a ceremony on Wednesday.

Dr. Kirk Curnutt receives the Troy University Libraries' Book Token Award from Dean of Libraries Dr. Chris Shaffer during a ceremony on Wednesday.

Dr. Kirk Curnutt, Professor and Chair of TROY’s English Department, has been honored with the University’s Book Token Award for the support he has demonstrated for the TROY Libraries.

Given during a presentation on Wednesday at the Troy Campus Library, the award recognizes faculty who provide service to and support of Troy University Libraries. The…

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‘Nothing better than being a writer,’ says Hall-Waters Prize recipient Patricia Foster

Foster received the award on April 12 during a luncheon in the International Arts Center on the Troy Campus.

Foster received the award on April 12 during a luncheon in the International Arts Center on the Troy Campus.

Author and Fairhope native Patricia Foster received the Hall-Waters Prize from Troy University during a ceremony on April 12 at the Troy Campus.

The celebration of Foster, who is professor emerita at the University of Iowa’s Master of Fine Arts Program where she taught for more than 25 years, began with the author reading selections…

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