News Briefs

News Briefs

RICE NEWS OFFICE
April 30, 1998

Snow, Apple to Read New Works in May

Two Rice English professors, Edward Snow and Max Apple, will give readings from their new works at the Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, during the month of May.

On May 5 at 7 p.m. Snow will read from his translations of Rilke’s “Uncollected Poems.” Snow has translated four volumes of Rilke’s poetry, for which he has won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, given by the Academy of American Poets, and the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. He is also the author of two books about art.

On May 13 at 7 p.m. Apple will read from his memoir “I Love Gootie,” a book about his immigrant grandmother. He previously authored “Roommates,” a book about his grandfather. He also wrote the screenplay for the major motion picture of the same name. Apple is also the author of “Free Agents” and “The Oranging of America.”

Professor Curl Elected New AAAS Fellow

American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently announced its list of newly elected fellows, which includes Robert Curl, the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Natural Sciences, and Louis E. Brus ’65.

Curl’s election brings the number of Rice faculty academy members to five. The other three members are David Auston, Michael Carroll, James Kinsey and Rick Smalley.