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The UGA Press has successfully published original novels and works by writers such as [[Rick Bass]], [[Erskine Caldwell]], [[Terry Kay]], [[Jim Kilgo]], [[Barry Lopez]], [[Judith Ortiz Cofer]], [[Mary Hood]], [[Harry Crews]], [[Tom Wicker]], [[Calvin Trillin]], [[Roy Blount, Jr.]], [[Eugene Genovese]], [[Rebecca Solnit]], and [[Catherine Clinton]]. |
The UGA Press has successfully published original novels and works by writers such as [[Rick Bass]], [[Erskine Caldwell]], [[Terry Kay]], [[Jim Kilgo]], [[Barry Lopez]], [[Judith Ortiz Cofer]], [[Mary Hood]], [[Harry Crews]], [[Tom Wicker]], [[Calvin Trillin]], [[Roy Blount, Jr.]], [[Eugene Genovese]], [[Rebecca Solnit]], and [[Catherine Clinton]]. |
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On [[October 27]], [[2005]], the University of Georgia Press rescinded author [[Brad Vice]]'s Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and recalled copies of his collection ''The [[Bear Bryant]] Funeral Train.'' Vice was |
On [[October 27]], [[2005]], the University of Georgia Press rescinded author [[Brad Vice]]'s Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and recalled copies of his collection ''The [[Bear Bryant]] Funeral Train.'' Vice was found guilty by the press of[[plagiarism|plagiarizing]] sections of one story from [[Carl Carmer]]'s book ''Stars Fell on Alabama'' ([[1934]])<ref>[http://www.nypress.com/18/48/news&columns/RobertClarkYoung.cfm "A Charming Plagiarist: The downfall of Brad Vice" by Robert Clark Young] ''New York Press'', Vol 18, Issue 48, November 30-Dec 6, 2005. Accessed Dec. 9, 2005.</ref> (a charge that Vice disputed).<ref>[http://www.storysouth.com/comment/2005/11/fell_in_alabama_brad_vices_tus.html Fell In Alabama: Brad Vice's Tuscaloosa Night] by Jake Adam York. ''storySouth''. Accessed November 6, 2005.</ref> Vice was later found guilty of the same charge by his employer, [[Mississippi State University]], and as a result was denied tenure and fired as a [[professor]] of [[creative writing]]. Vice then announced plans to leave Mississippi for the [[Czech Republic]]. |
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Revision as of 09:18, 9 March 2007
The University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is a publishing house and is a member of the Association of American University Presses.
Founded in 1938, the UGA Press is a division of the University of Georgia and is located on the campus in Athens, Georgia, USA. It is the oldest and largest publishing house in the state and one of the largest in the South.
The UGA Press publishes 70-80 titles each year of scholarly and academic, regional, and literary works with a focus on American and Southern studies. It is also a leading publisher of African-American studies, civil rights history and environmental studies.
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction was established by Charles East, then the editor-in-chief of the UGA Press, in 1983 to recognize gifted young writers.
In conjunction with the Georgia Humanities Council and GALILEO, the UGA Press created the New Georgia Encyclopedia, an on-line resource of Georgia history.
The UGA Press has successfully published original novels and works by writers such as Rick Bass, Erskine Caldwell, Terry Kay, Jim Kilgo, Barry Lopez, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Mary Hood, Harry Crews, Tom Wicker, Calvin Trillin, Roy Blount, Jr., Eugene Genovese, Rebecca Solnit, and Catherine Clinton.
On October 27, 2005, the University of Georgia Press rescinded author Brad Vice's Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and recalled copies of his collection The Bear Bryant Funeral Train. Vice was found guilty by the press ofplagiarizing sections of one story from Carl Carmer's book Stars Fell on Alabama (1934)[1] (a charge that Vice disputed).[2] Vice was later found guilty of the same charge by his employer, Mississippi State University, and as a result was denied tenure and fired as a professor of creative writing. Vice then announced plans to leave Mississippi for the Czech Republic.
References
- ^ "A Charming Plagiarist: The downfall of Brad Vice" by Robert Clark Young New York Press, Vol 18, Issue 48, November 30-Dec 6, 2005. Accessed Dec. 9, 2005.
- ^ Fell In Alabama: Brad Vice's Tuscaloosa Night by Jake Adam York. storySouth. Accessed November 6, 2005.
External links
- Official site
- UGA Press names 15 members to its new Advisory Council, UGA Columns faculty staff newspaper, March 20, 2006
- UGA Public Affairs Press Release, Friday, March 23, 2001
- The New Georgia Encyclopedia
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