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Coles Conversations with Brad Watson at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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Though he only published four books in his lifetime?two story collections and two novels?native Mississippi author Brad Watson (1955?2020) received a staggering amount of praise and awards. His first story collection, Last Days of the Dog-Men , published in 1996, received the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. His first novel, The Heaven of Mercury , was a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and established Watson as a part of the Southern canon. Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (2010), a story collection, was a finalist for a PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the novel Miss Jane (2016) was longlisted for the National Book Award. There Is Happiness: New and Selected Stories was published posthumously in 2024.
Watson is known for his lyrical prose and devotion to the strangeness of human nature. In the twenty-three interviews in this collection, readers are allowed a peek behind the curtain as Watson reveals his practice?how he writes, why he writes, and what he reads. As a creative writing teacher at the University of Wyoming for over a decade, he delves into his educational approaches. The introduction also includes a list of books and authors Watson recommends in the interviews. Altogether, the interviews in Conversations with Brad Watson span sixteen years, making this collection a masterclass in Watson?s creative process.
Though he only published four books in his lifetime?two story collections and two novels?native Mississippi author Brad Watson (1955?2020) received a staggering amount of praise and awards. His first story collection, Last Days of the Dog-Men , published in 1996, received the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. His first novel, The Heaven of Mercury , was a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and established Watson as a part of the Southern canon. Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (2010), a story collection, was a finalist for a PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the novel Miss Jane (2016) was longlisted for the National Book Award. There Is Happiness: New and Selected Stories was published posthumously in 2024.
Watson is known for his lyrical prose and devotion to the strangeness of human nature. In the twenty-three interviews in this collection, readers are allowed a peek behind the curtain as Watson reveals his practice?how he writes, why he writes, and what he reads. As a creative writing teacher at the University of Wyoming for over a decade, he delves into his educational approaches. The introduction also includes a list of books and authors Watson recommends in the interviews. Altogether, the interviews in Conversations with Brad Watson span sixteen years, making this collection a masterclass in Watson?s creative process.
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