Author of “Defenestrate,” Renée Branum

Q & A: Friday, September 9, 11 am

Renée Branum’s stories and essays have appeared in several publications, including The Georgia Review, Narrative Magazine, The Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Lit Hub. Her story, “As the Sparks Fly Upward,” was included in the Best American Nonrequired Reading’s 2019 anthology. She is a 2009 graduate of Hollins University and has earned M.F.A.s in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and nonfiction from the University of Montana. Her first novel, Defenestrate (Bloomsbury, 2022), was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. The Washington Post praised it as “Stylish, shimmering . . . In a feat of literary archery, Branum’s lyrical prose hits its mark again and again.” She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in fiction writing.

Sponsored by the department of English and creative writing and the Dee Hull Everist Visiting Speaker Fund.

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