Karen Brennan

Karen Brennan is the author of nine books, including," Television, a Memoir," a hybrid collection of micro-prose and flash pieces and the poetry collections "The Real Enough World" "Wild Desire" and the memoir, "Being with Rachel."  A recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts fellowship and an AWP Award, she is Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing at University of Utah and teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Her new collection of short stories is "Rabbit in the Moon."

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Awards: PEN Literary Award, national endowment of the arts award (NEA), AWP Award in Fiction

Communities: Arizona Author, Tucsonan

Workshop: Art of the Short Story

Award-winning writer Karen Brennan leads a workshop on the craft and art of creating compelling short stories. Learn how to develop characters and compelling through lines with less words.

Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
Fiction / Literature

Panelist: Karen Brennan
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Sara Cohen

Writing Roots in Tucson

What do stories about religion and class conflict in rural America, expats, natives and tourists in Mexico, and the heartfelt desire to help abandoned children continents away, have in common? All of these amazing books were written by three authors who have called Tucson home.

Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Karen Brennan, Elhadj Ndoye, Jamie Quatro
Moderator: Simmons Buntin
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Bank of America, Cynthia W. Devine