Joe David Bellamy has been author or editor of ten books, including the novel Suzi Sinzinnati, winner of the Editors Book Award; two volumes of poetry, Olympic Gold Medalist and The Frozen Sea; two volumes of interviews, The New Fiction and American Poetry Observed; and anthologies such as Superfiction and New Writers for the Eighties. His work has appeared in many magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review, and The New York Times Book Review. He was founding editor and publisher of Fiction International. He is a member of the Board of Lawrence University. 

Joe David Bellamy will read from his fiction at 3 p.m. on Tuesday October 3, in the Newport News Room of Webb Center. He will also take part in a panel on contemporary fiction at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4, in that same room. [extracted from 1989 brochure]