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Woiwode is Union's scholar-in-residence for the spring semester. He arrived on Union's campus Feb. 8 and will remain at the university through March 8. Woiwode signed his award-winning novel, "Beyond the Bedroom Wall," at the LifeWay Christian Resources Bookstore on Union's campus, Wednesday, Feb. 17.

"Beyond the Bedroom Wall," published in 1976, was a finalist for both the National Book Award and National Book Critics' Circle Award in 1976; the novel was presented to the White House Library in 1978. Woiwode also received the Friends of the American Writers' Award, the American Library Association's Notable Book Award and the Association of American Publishers' Distinguished Book of the Past Five Years Award for "Beyond the Bedroom Wall."

Woiwode was honored with the William Faulkner Foundation Award and the American Library Association's Notable Book Award for the novel, "What I'm Going to Do, I Think." His most recent publication is "Silent Passengers"; he has remained a frequent contributing writer to The New Yorker since 1964.

Woiwode has spent several years as an actor, co-starring with Robert DeNiro in the off-Broadway production of "Three Blind Mice" and performing leading roles in "The Boyfriend" and "Richard II" at the University of Illinois.

Previously Woiwode has served as a visiting scholar at Queens College of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, at the State University of New York and at the University of Wisconsin. Woiwode's upcoming lectures at Union include:

• "The Uses of Biography, Autobiography, and Fiction as Fact", Thursday, Feb. 18, Blasingame Academic Complex (BAC), Room 44, 3-4:15 p.m.

• "King Richard: Metaphor for the Penitent Politician, the Writer, the Actor", Thursday, Feb. 25, Harvey Lecture Hall (Student Union Building), 3-4:15 p.m.

• "Metaphors of Jesus: Fact, Fiction, or Fantasy?", Thursday, March 4, BAC, Room 44, 3-4:15 p.m.

Admission to the Woiwode series is free.

Coordinated by the university's honors program, the scholar-in-residence program strives to bring outstanding scholars to Union's campus for a month during each spring semester. While at Union, the scholar conducts private tutorials with students and presents a lecture series to the Union academic community and all of West Tennessee. Previous scholars include Dr. Michael Hurst of St. John's College of the University of Oxford and Bart Prins, director of the Doorsicht center of philosophy in Amsterdam. Next year's scholar will be Arthur Holmes, professor emeritus of philosophy at Wheaton University and widely known for his book, "All Truth is God's Truth."