Scholastic Awards alumni go on to do incredible things! Read news about notable alumni below:
- Joyce Carol Oates ‘56 shares her secret for immortality with The New York Times Magazine. You can learn more about her prolific life as a writer from the documentary Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind, which is available in theaters and on Amazon and Apple TV+ starting September 8, 2023.
- Congrats to Tanaya Kollipara ‘16, ‘18, who won the 2021 Publisher’s Weekly BookLife Prize in Nonfiction for her book, Stigma: Breaking the Asian American Silence on Mental Health.
- Life accomplishments of science-fiction novelist Samuel R. Delany ‘59 were featured in The New Yorker.
- Did you know that artist Gary Panter ‘68 was behind the iconic sets of Pee-wee’s Playhouse? Learn more about the “kismet” relationship between Panter and the late Paul Reubens in this Fast Company article.
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