The Sherbino Presents: Kent Nelson on reading and writing
Doors: 7 || Talk: 7:30 || $10 || in partnership with the Ridgway Library
Setting: Seated
Kent Nelson is a Ouray fiction writer. His collection, The Spirit Bird, won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press, and his stories have four times been included in The Best American Short Stories series, as well as in the O. Henry, Pushcart, and Best of the West anthologies. His novel Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still won the Colorado Book Award and the Mountain and Plains Booksellers Award for best novel. He has published 160 short stories in magazines and has won two NEA Grants.
He has been a serious birder for most of his life and has seen 244 species in Ouray County and 771 in North America. He has also run the Imogene Pass Run three times and the Pikes Peak Marathon twice.
Praise for The Spirit Bird – “Embracing a wide range of stirring themes and exotic backdrops, Nelson draws equally on his imagination and his own colorful experiences in thirteen tales that are as moving as they are full of inspired surprises. He captivates his readers with finely nuanced prose that reaches into his characters’ deepest feelings as they confront their unique personal misfortunes.”–Booklist
