ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ City University will host a reading and book signing for author and alumnus Brandon Hobson at 7 p.m. March 20 in the University Center Great Hall.
Hobson was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for his novel βWhere the Dead Sit Talking.β The book, set in rural ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ during the late 1980s, follows two Native American teensβ experiences in the foster care system as they try to navigate relationships and their own emotional scars. The book reached number one on ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½βs Bestseller List, and it made the best book lists for 2018 from NPRβs βCode Switch,β Kirkus Reviews, and Southern Living magazine.
A member of the Cherokee Nation, Hobson received his Bachelor of Arts in English at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ in 1992, and went on to earn a masterβs degree at the University of Central ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ and a doctorate at ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ State University in Stillwater. He currently teaches English at Northern ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ College in Tonkawa. He has published many short stories in such respected literary journals as The Paris Review and Believer, has won a Pushcart Prize, and is the author of three previous novels β βDesolation of Avenues Untoldβ (2015), βDeep Ellumβ (2014) and βThe Levitationistβ (2006). For more information about the event, visit .
