Robert
Garner McBrearty
News & Events
Interview:
New West
New West's Jenny Shank interviews Robert Garner McBrearty about his move to Colorado, influences on his writing and, of course, plumbing.
To read the interview, visit NewWest.net.
Appearance:
Boulder Book Store
McBrearty will speak and sign copies of his new book, Episode.
Appearance:
Colorado Language and Arts Society
Robert Garner McBrearty will be a guest speaker and reader at the Colorado Language and Arts Society 2009 Regional Spring Conference. He will appear March 6, 2009, with David Wroblewski, author of the breakout New York Times bestseller, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle.
For details, visit www.CLAS.us.
Press Release:
McBrearty’s Episode Released by Pocol Press
After quietly publishing for many years in some of the most respected literary magazines in the country, McBrearty smacks a home run with this new collection and establishes himself as one of the finest short story writers around. Short stories from his new book, Episode, won Robert Garner McBrearty the prestigious Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award in 2007. David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, writes, “The stories in Episode are McBrearty at the top of his unique form: wry, arresting, and unshakeable.”
Press Release:
Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award
October 2007
Robert Garner McBrearty, of Louisville, Colorado, is the winner of the annual $15,000 Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award. His entry to the competition was noteworthy for its blend of pathos and humor, according to the Sherwood Anderson Foundation. McBrearty submitted three short stories from a new collection of stories in progress, entitled Episode.