Russell Banks (left), recipient of the New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit State Author, and Billy Collins, recipient of the New York State Walt Whitman Citation of Merit State Poet Award, attend a New York State Writers Institute event honoring the New York State Author and Poet at the University at Albany. [20003025]
Russell Banks, recipient of the New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit State Author Award speaks at a New York State Writers Institute event honoring the New York State Author and Poet at the University at Albany. [20003025]
An unidentified man awards Russell Banks the New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit State Author Award at a New York State Writers Institute event honoring the New York State Author and Poet at the University at Albany. [20003025]
Russell Banks, recipient of the New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit State Author Award 2004-2008, attends a New York State Writers Institute event honoring the New York State Author and Poet at the University at Albany. [20003025]
Left to right Don Faulkner, director of the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany, an unidentified man, Russell Banks, recipient of the New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit State Author Award 2004-2008, Billy Collins, recipient of the New York State Walt Whitman Citation of Merit State Poet Award 2004-2006, and William Kennedy, executive director of the New York State Writers Institute and Pulitzer-prize winning novelist attend an event honoring the New York State Author and Poet. [20003025]
(Left to right) Russell Banks, recipient of the New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit State Author Award 2004-2008, William Kennedy, executive director of the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany and Pulitzer-prize winning novelist, and an unidentified man attend an event honoring the New York State Author and Poet. [20003025]
Author Kurt Vonnegut is seated with Russell Banks and unidentified woman at a reception at Elda's in Albany after receiving the State Author Award, January 23, 2001. [20001045]