A belated congratulations go to poet and UT assistant professor A. Van Jordan, who was named on Monday as a 2008 United States Artists Fellows. USA, a national artists advocacy group, awarded fifty $50,000 grants to artists from eight disciplines, including literature, architecture and design, and theater arts. And it’s good company Jordan’s keeping – living legend Barry Hannah made the cut, too.

Jordan has previously won the Whiting Award, the Annisfield-Wolf Book Award, and a Pushcart Prize. His collection Quantum Lyrics was published by W.W. Norton.

This article appears in November 7 • 2008.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...