A fiction reading with Kevin Brockmeier and Karen Russell followed by a conversation/Q&A with Darin Srauss and a reception/signing. In addition to his latest book, The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories, Kevin Brockmeier is the author of multiple novels, including: The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; and multiple story . Plus, his stories have been published in such venues as The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeney’s, Zoetrope, and more. He's received three O. Henry Awards, the PEN USA Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Karen Russell is the author of five books of fiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has received two National Magazine Awards for Fiction, the Shirley Jackson Award, and was selected for the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” prize. Darin Strauss is the bestselling author of the novels Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than it Hurts You, the memoir Half a Life, and most recently the acclaimed novel, The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story. Strauss is the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim, an American Library Association Award, and numerous other prizes.
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