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Offline Toast

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"M" is Montreal
« Reply #11100 on: February 12, 2007, 11:01:12 pm »
Before BBM:

Proulx attended Colby College in Maine briefly in the 1950s but left to work different jobs, including waiting tables and working at the post office. She received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Vermont in 1969 and a master's degree from Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada, in 1973.     Bio
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"N" is National
« Reply #11101 on: February 12, 2007, 11:09:00 pm »
Before BBM:
Annie received the National Book Award for fiction in 1994.
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« Reply #11102 on: February 12, 2007, 11:09:38 pm »
Before BBM:

Annie Proulx published her first book, Heart Songs and Other Stories, in 1988.   

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« Reply #11103 on: February 12, 2007, 11:20:41 pm »
Before writing Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Shipping News.   
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"R" is Ridgely
« Reply #11104 on: February 12, 2007, 11:58:34 pm »
Before BBM:

Annie Proulx attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, for a short period in the 1950s, leaving it to marry H. Ridgely Bullock in 1955.
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« Reply #11105 on: February 13, 2007, 12:19:31 am »
Before BBM:

In 1994 Annie Proulx won a Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award for her novel The Shipping News.
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« Reply #11106 on: February 13, 2007, 09:20:46 am »
After BBM:

Annie Proulx was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from the  University of Toronto in 2000.

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« Reply #11107 on: February 13, 2007, 10:01:29 am »
Before BBM:

Annie wrote Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider in 1984.

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"V" is Vermont
« Reply #11108 on: February 13, 2007, 10:09:40 am »
Before Brokeback Mountain:

Annie Proulx was born in Norwich, Connecticut and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Vermont in 1969.

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« Reply #11109 on: February 13, 2007, 10:29:00 am »
Before BBM:

Annie Proulx attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in the 1950s.
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