The memorable 2005 Kenyon Commencement address by writer David Foster Wallace H'05-which has received a good deal of attention since Wallace's suicide last fall-has now been published by Little, Brown as a book, under the title This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life.
Paper Towns, by John Green '00, has won the 2009 Edgar Award in the category of books for young adults. The Edgars are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America for distinguished work in the mystery genre. Green
received the award at a banquet in New York City on April 30.
Mark Geston '68 P'91,'01 published Lords of the Starship, his first science-fiction novel, while he was still a Kenyon student. The widely praised book spawned two sequels, Out of the Mouth of the Dragon and The Siege of Wonder. Now, for the first time, all three works are available in a single volume, titled The Book of the Wars and published by Baen Books. Geston, who has written a number of other novels as well as short stories, is an attorney in Boise, Idaho.