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...check out the author who's been hailed as "the best American writer of his generation." Tim O'Brien, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (among other honors), reads from his latest work, Tomcat in Love. 6 p.m., Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley Square. 536-5400, ext. 336. FREE...
...North and house "America's Oldest" fair, founded in 1818. Beginning last Saturday and running through October 12th, the fair awaits visitors to take advantage of its attractions for only a $6 admission price. Why crawl your way to the top of the academic world when a money prize awaits you at the top of a greased pole? From carnival games to animal exhibits, Topsfield receives a 4.7 out of possible 5 points for originality. (A large minority also felt that the readings were well integrated with the lecture material.) Here is a smattering of the fair's attractions...
...Jose Ramos-Horta, an exiled leader of the East Timor independence movement and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, urged the United States to help the people of East Timor in their struggle against Indonesian occupation before an audience of about 45 students and Faculty members at Boylston Hall yesterday evening...
...Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Jorie P. Graham will succeed Seamus Heaney as Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory, continuing the recent tradition of noted poets holding the post...
...addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize,Graham has also received the Lavan Award, aMacArthur Fellowship and a grant from the NationalEndowment for the Arts