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Bret writes essay about pro skateboarder Danny Way for Men’s Journal

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Bret has written a long essay about the professional skateboarder Danny Way for the August issue of Men’s Journal. Click here to read Danny Way and The Gift of Fear.

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“Caiman” has been chosen for New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best 2010

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Amy Hempel has chosen Bret’s short-short story “Caiman” for New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best 2010!

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Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer has gone into multiple reprints

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer has gone into multiple reprints! The response to the book has been wonderful. If you’ve found the book useful, please consider writing an Amazon.com review. Click here for the link. Thank you to everyone who has supported the book!

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“Republican” has won the 2008 Cohen Award from Ploughshares

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Bret’s short story “Republican” has won the 2008 Cohen Award from Ploughshares! The Cohen Awards honor the best poem and story published each year in the magazine.

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Honors for Bret’s short story “Republican”

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Bret’s short story “Republican” has been selected by ZZ Packer for inclusion in New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best 2008!

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Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, is now available for preorders

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Bret’s new anthology, Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, is now available for preorders. Random House will release the book in January.

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Bret wins National Book Award for emerging writers

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

The National Book Foundation has named Bret as a winner of a new National Book Award for emerging writers. Adam Haslett, author of You’re Not A Stranger Here, selected Bret for the award.

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Bret named one of “The Next Generation of Literary Lions”

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Pages Magazine has named Bret as one of “The Next Generation of Literary Lions”. Also honored were Zadie Smith, David Mitchell, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Andrew Sean Greer.

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Bret has received the 2006 Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Bret has received the 2006 Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers from Washington and Lee University.

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Bret accepts position at Harvard

Posted on February 12, 2012 by rob

Bret has accepted the Briggs-Copeland Professor of Fiction position at Harvard.

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