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| | Bryn Mawr Now: Pulitzer Prize Winner to Give Reading |
 | | Edward P. Jones, winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, is giving a reading at Bryn Mawr on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. |
 | | Jones was named a National Book Award finalist for a second time with the publication of his first novel, The Known World, which subsequently won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. |
 | | Set in antebellum Virginia, the story focuses on Henry Townsend, a fl farmer, boot maker and former slave, who, with the help of a powerful landowner, becomes head of his own plantation. |
| www.brynmawr.edu /news/2004-11-04/jones.shtml (321 words) |
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