Stephanie Powell Watts

Stephanie Powell Watts is an American author. She won a Whiting Award in 2013[1] and an Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence in 2012[2] for her book We are Taking Only what We Need a collection of 11 stories which chronicles the lives of African-Americans in North Carolina.[3]

Life

Watts is a graduate of University of Missouri-Columbia[4] and associate professor of English at Lehigh University.[5][6]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Stephanie Powell Watts | WHITING AWARDS". whiting.org. 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Chris Waddington. "Nation's biggest prize for African-American writers goes to Stephanie Powell Watts". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 19 September 2015. “It would be enough if this award was simply about excellence and a $10,000 prize, but it means so much more that Ernest Gaines’ name is attached to it. It adds gravitas. It connects all of us to the legacy of a writer that we grew up reading. Even people who don’t know the prize immediately know who he is.”
  3. ↑ "Fiction Book Review: We Are Taking Only What We Need by Stephanie Powell Watts. BkMk (SPD, dist.), $16.95 trade paper (222p) ISBN 978-1-886157-79-8". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015. In a strong debut, Watts chronicles in 11 stories the lives of black North Carolinians who come from or lived near the “dark houses out on tangled dirt roads on the fringes of the county.”
  4. ↑ "Lehigh University professor wins major writing award for debut book". lehighvalleylive.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stephanie Powell Watts | NC Literary Festival". lib.ncsu.edu. 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Stephanie Powell Watts". lehigh.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Coming to terms with coming home". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "We Are Taking Only What We Need". Oprah.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

External links

External video
Stephanie Powell Watts - We Are Taking Only What We Need, July 24, 2013
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