| Thursday, February 8, 2024 | |
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12:10 p.m. to 1:25 p.m. | |
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Room 2208, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level |
T172. Writers across generations and genres read their work and discuss what it means to be an author from the Great Plains at this moment. Inspired by the public radio series This is Nebraska: Books That Tell Our Story, this panel will delve into what it's like to write, live, and persist in a place that's considered culturally homogenous “flyover” country but whose diverse population is often polarized and marginalized. How do we engage the region's traditions? How do we push back against them? Download event outline and supplemental documents.Theodore Wheeler is the author of four books, most recently The War Begins in Paris (Little, Brown & Co., 2023). He has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Nebraska Arts Council, and Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany, and teaches creative writing at Creighton University. Twitter Username: theodorewheeler Website: theodore-wheeler.com Chris Harding Thornton is a seventh-generation Nebraskan and holds an MFA from the University of Washington and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her first novel, Pickard County Atlas, was a PBS Masterpiece Best Mystery. It was also featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and the New Yorker. Her second novel, Little Underworld, is forthcoming. Twitter Username: chrishardingth1 Website: www.chrishardingthornton.com James Han Mattson is the author of two novels, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves and Reprieve. His third novel, The Grand Impostors, is forthcoming. He currently lives in Austin, Texas. Twitter Username: jhmattson Moisés R. Delgado is a Latinx writer from the Midwest. He holds an MFA from the University of Arizona. His prose appears in Gulf Coast, SmokeLong Quarterly, Passages North, Puerto del Sol, and elsewhere. Moisés is currently working on a memoir/game about home, anxiety, self-acceptance, and chance. Twitter Username: MoisesTheHuman Julie Iromuanya is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Doctor, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, the Etisalat Prize for Literature, and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for Debut Fiction. She teaches at the University of Chicago. Twitter Username: Julie_Iro Website: http://julieiromuanya.com |
3:20 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. | |
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Room 2505AB, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2 |
T238. To know a society, you must first understand its crimes. Crime fiction in its various forms, from thriller to noir to historical, endeavors to understand society through the exploration of criminality and our criminal justice system. Four accomplished authors discuss how they employ genre storytelling to expose truths about troubling aspects of American culture, past and present, as a means of raising awareness of social problems, generational trauma, and victims’ stories. Download event outline and supplemental documents.John Copenhaver’s historical crime novel Dodging and Burning won the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery, and his second novel The Savage Kind won the Lammy for Best LGBTQ Mystery. He teaches creative writing and literature at VCU and the low-residency MFA program at the University of Nebraska. Twitter Username: johncopenhaver Website: www.jcopenhaver.com David Heska Wanbli Weiden is author of the novel Winter Counts (Ecco; S&S UK), winner of twelve awards and named a New York Times Editors' Choice, Indie Next Pick, and Book of the Month Club main selection. He is a MacDowell, Ucross, Ragdale, Sewanee, and Tin House fellow. davidweiden.com Twitter Username: WanbliWeiden Website: www.DavidWeiden.com Mindy Mejia’s thrillers have been translated into over twenty languages. Her books have been picked for People's Best New Books and listed in the Wall Street Journal’s Best New Mysteries. A CPA and graduate of the Hamline University MFA program, she serves on the board of Mystery Writers of America. James Han Mattson is the author of two novels, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves and Reprieve. His third novel, The Grand Impostors, is forthcoming. He currently lives in Austin, Texas. Twitter Username: jhmattson |
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