Visiting Writer Series: Brian Evenson
Thursday, March 27, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Eliot Hall Chapel
This event is open to the public.
Brian Evenson is the author of twelve books of fiction, most recently the story collection Windeye (Coffee House Press, 2012) and the novel Immobility (Tor, 2012), both of which are finalists for the Shirley Jackson Award. His novel Last Days (Underland Press 2009) won the American Library Association's RUSA award for Best Horror Novel of the year. His novel The Open Curtain (Coffee House Press) was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an IHG Award. His work has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Slovenian. He lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, where he teaches in Brown University's Literary Arts Department. Other books include Fugue State, The Wavering Knife (which won the IHG Award for best story collection), Dark Property, and Altmann's Tongue. He has translated work by Christian Gailly, Jean Frémon, Claro, Jacques Jouet, Eric Chevillard, Antoine Volodine, and others. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes as well as an NEA fellowship.
For more information, contact Karen Bondaruk.
Posted on Feb 5, 2014