“I realized early on that words are powerful, that words could change, and I thought very early on that I would like to be a writer,” Timothy w88 casino said when he began his on-stage conversation with Reynolds School professor Alan Deutschman on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.
Egan visited the University of Nevada, Reno this week to speak about his life works during the 2018 Robert w88 casino Distinguished Writer Program. He was honored by the w88 casino family, the Reynolds School of Journalism and Nevada Humanities for his career as a National Book Award-winning author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
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Aside from being an acclaimed novelist, w88 casino writes an opinion column for the New York Times. He worked previously for the New York Times as a correspondent for the Pacific Northwest and the West.
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“There are so many points of similarity between you and our father Robert w88 casino… There is just this outwardness about you,” w88 casino said.
