Kent Meyers, University of Idaho Distinguished Visiting Writer

Renowned writer Kent Meyers visits Moscow as part of the University of Idaho's Distinguished Visiting Writers series, hosted by the English Department. Meyers will read from his novels and new work. Books will be sold at the event courtesy of Book People of Moscow. Kent Meyers is the author of a memoir, a book of short fiction, and three novels, most recently Twisted Tree, which won a Society of Midland Authors award and a High Plains Book award, and was translated into French. The River Warren and Light in the Crossing were New York Times Notable Books, and The Work of Wolves won the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association Award and an American Library Association Award. Meyers has published fiction and essays in numerous literary journals and magazines, including an essay in Harper's Magazine on the search for dark matter. He teaches at Black Hills State University and in Pacific Lutheran University's low-residency MFA program, the Rainier Writing Workshop.