Ron Carlson
Ron Carlson is the author of four novels, most recently Five Skies, and of five short story collections, including Plan B for the Middle Class, selected by The New York Times as one of the Best Books of the Year; The Hotel Eden selected by the New York Times as a Notable Book of the year; and At the Jim Bridger, named one of the best books of the year by The Los Angeles Times. His stories have appeare in Harper’s, The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, and Playboy, and in The Best American Short Stories, The O’Henry Prize Series, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, and dozens of other anthologies. Among his awards are a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, the Cohen Prize at Ploughshares, and a National Society of Arts and Letters Literature Award. He is the director of the MFA creative writing program at the University of California, Irvine.
Events
Graywolf Press Presents Novelist Ron Carlson, Essayist Sven Birkerts and Poet Katie Ford
When: Tue, Sep 23, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Where: Research I, Room 163, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (
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Description: Carlson discusses his craft book, Ron Carlson Writes a Story; Birkerts reads from his most recent work, The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again; and Ford unveils her new poetry collection, Colosseum. A reception follows.
Novelists Ron Carlson, Alan Cheuse and Benjamin Percy
When: Tue, Sep 23, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: Johnson Center Cinema, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (
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Description: Veteran novelists Carlson, whose latest novel is Five Skies, and Cheuse, author of The Fires, are joined by up-and-coming talent Percy, whose story “Refresh, Refresh” was selected as one of the best of 2006, celebrating his debut novel, The Wilding. A 7 p.m. reception precedes the readings.