R133. How Many Readers is Enough?
Thursday, February 27, 2014
10:30 am to 11:45 am
Participants
Valerie Vogrin is the author of a novel, Shebang and was awarded a Pushcart Prize in 2010. She is an associate professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she is prose editor of Sou’wester.
Kelcey Parker is the author of For Sale By Owner, a story collection, and Liliane's Balcony, a novella set at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Her current project is a collage biography of the Czech fairy tale writer Bozena Nemcova. She teaches at Indiana University South Bend.
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke is author of the poetry collections Dog Road Woman, recipient of the American Book Award, and Off-Season City Pipe. Her other books include Rock Ghost, Willow, Deer, a memoir; and Blood Run, a verse-play. She is the editor of Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas, Effigies, and Effigies II.
Chad Simpson is the author of the story collection Tell Everyone I Said Hi. His work has appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly, Esquire, The Sun, American Short Fiction, and New Stories from the Midwest 2012. He teaches at Knox College.
Kellie Wells is the author of a collection of short fiction, Compression Scars, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award, and two novels, Skin and Fat Girl, Terrestrial. She teaches in the MFA programs at the University of Alabama and Pacific University.