2011-2012 Series
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Atkinson Lecture Series 2009-2010
CNN Journalist to Visit Willamette
February 24, 2010
Irving’s first international bestseller, The World According to Garp, introduced readers to his inventive and expansive style, memorable characters and masterfully woven stories-within-stories. Garp won a National Book Award in 1980 and was made into a film starring Robin Williams that earned Academy Award nominations for John Lithgow and Glenn Close.
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CNN Journalist to Visit Willamette
October 16, 2009
Fareed Zakaria, once named one of the 21 most important people of the 21st Century, will deliver the fall Atkinson Lecture Oct. 16 at Willamette University.
Zakaria serves as editor of Newsweek International, overseeing all of Newsweek’s editions abroad. He writes a regular column for Newsweek and Newsweek International and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The New Republic and the webzine Slate.