Past Bermont Distinguished Visiting Authors & Fellows
2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Author - Sigrid Nunez
Time: Friday April 1, 2022 7:00PM
Location: Rogers Free Library - 525 Hope Street, Bristol RI
2020-2021 Distinguished Visiting Author - Adam Haslett
Date: Monday, March 22, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Virtual
2019-2020 Distinguished Visiting Author - Sigrid Nunez
Time: Monday April 6, 2020 7:00PM
Location: Rogers Free Library - 525 Hope Street, Bristol RI
David Abrams is the author of the novels Brave Deeds (Grove/Atlantic, 2017) and Fobbit (Grove/Atlantic, 2012), a comedy about the Iraq War which Publishers Weekly called “an instant classic” and named a Top 10 Pick for Literary Fiction in Fall 2012. Fobbit was also a New York Times Notable Book of 2012, an Indie Next pick, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and a finalist for the L.A. Times’ Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Abrams’ short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including Montana Noir (Akashic Books, 2017), Fire and Forget (Da Capo Press, 2013), and Watchlist (O/R Books, 2015). His stories and essays have appeared in Esquire, The New York Times, Glimmer Train Stories, Narrative, and many other publications. He earned a BA in English from the University of Oregon and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He lives in Butte, Montana with his wife. His blog, The Quivering Pen, can be found at: www.davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com
Date: Monday, April 15, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Rogers Free Library
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Student Fellows:
Nicole Andreson
Alexis den Boggende
Hannah Little
Adrienne Wooster
Student Fellows:
Kaitlin Della Rocca
Alexis den Boggende
Olivia Fritz
Kerlie Merizier
Brittany Parziale
Adrienne Wooster
Student Fellows:
Tori Bodozian
Courtney Danforth
Alexis den Boggende
Colin Gallagher
Jennifer Iacobino
Katie Lowerre
Kevin Marchand
Stephanie Nisbet
Student Fellows:
Leah Catania
Caitlin Holton
Katie Lowerre
Fiona Schlageter
Student Fellows:
Rebecca Abitz
Mackenzie Brennan
Leah Catania
Reina Laaman
Nicole Sabatino
Chelsea Silva