Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Poetic Obituaries: [Jay] Prefontaine had taught a variety of English

courses including Technical Writing, Business Communications, introductory composition and Advanced Composition.

[Dana] Ringuette said Prefontaine was an active writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry and had been published in various literary journals.

Among the publications that have featured his work are the Alabama Literary Review, The Chattahoochee Review, The Laurel Review and Georgetown Review.

Prefontaine's literary awards include third place in Playboy's college fiction contest in 1992 and 1993, special mention in the 1997 Pushcart Prize and San Francisco Sate University Review's 1997-1998 Holmes Award for emerging writers.

from The Daily Eastern News: English professor dies

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