Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Pulitzer Prize finalists for both The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers and Dos Passos: A life
- Senior Fulbright professor in Poland (1980–1981)
- Southern Historical Association’s Francis Butler Simkins Prize (The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers)
- Council of Authors and Journalist Nonfiction Prize (Dos Passos: A life)
- John B. and Elena Diaz Verson Amos Distinguished Professor Emerita of English Letters at Georgia State University (1993–2003)
- South Atlantic Modern Language Association’s John Hurt Fisher Award (2004)
- Melon Fellowship recipient awarded by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin
- Stanley J. Kahrl Fellowship awarded by Harvard University
- Georgia Governor's Award in the Humanities
- South Atlantic Modern Language Association's Honorary Member Award (2011)
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