author of Miss Jane
7:30 PM on Thursday, October 20
Brad Watson returns as the keynote speaker, reading from his novel, Miss Jane, which garnered Watson his second National Book Award nomination. Kirkus Reviews calls Miss Jane “A well-written portrait of a person whose rich inner life outstrips the limits of her body.” Watson teaches at the University of Wyoming, and is the author of the story collections Last Days of the Dog Men and Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives and the novel The Heaven of Mercury