March 19, 2019
1xbet online games login Writer Jamel Brinkley to read from his work at 3:30 p.m. Friday
On Friday, March 22, fiction writer Jamel Brinkley will read from his work at 3:30 p.m. in Wildcat Chamber in the 1xbet online games login Student Union. The event is free and open to the public.
Brinkley is the author of "A Lucky Man: Stories" (Graywolf Press). He is a finalist for the National Book Award in 1xbet online games login , the John Leonard Prize, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, and the Story Prize, and winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. His writing has appeared in "The Best American Short Stories 2018," Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, The Threepenny Review, Glimmer Train, American Short 1xbet online games login , and Tin House, among other places.
Brinkley has received support from Kimbilio 1xbet online games login , the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, the Napa Valley Writers' Conference, the Tin House Summer Workshop, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he was also a Carol Houck Smith 1xbet online games login Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. He is currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow in 1xbet online games login at Stanford University.
"In gorgeously unfussy prose, Jamel Brinkley's stories explore the ways that Black boys perform and achieve manhood. His characters are sympathetic but not self-pitying, and they haunt the reader long after the reading, like a chance and lucky encounter with a new friend," said Katy Karlin, associate professor of English and creative writing.
More information about Brinkley's work is available from his website.
Brinkley's reading is sponsored by the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences and SGA Fine Arts fees.