Meyers performing public reading at CSC

Meyers, who currently teaches at Black Hills State University and in Pacific Lutheran University’s low-residency MFA program, is the author of five books: “The River Warren,” “The Work of Wolves,” “Twisted Tree,” “Light in the Crossing,” and “The Witness of Combines.”

“The River Warren” and “Light in the Crossing” were listed as Notable Books by the “New York Times.” “Twisted Tree” won both the Society of Midland Authors and the High Plains Book Awards for adult fiction.

Meyers’ reading will punctuate a busy two days in Chadron. As a distinguished visiting writer, Meyers will also speak to students in creative writing and environmental courses taught by English faculty, Dr. Steve Coughlin and Dr. Matt Evertson.

“It’s exciting to have a writer join us on campus the caliber of Kent Meyers,” Coughlin said.

The Distinguished Visiting Writer Series is sponsored by the English and Humanities department, in collaboration with the CSC creative writing program. Coughlin said the series will be an annual event, featuring some of the most prominent and respected writers in the country.

In addition to writing five books, Meyers, a recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Fellowship, has had fiction and essays published in several journals and his stories have also been anthologized in “The Best of the West” and “Best American Mystery Stories.”

Most recently, “Harper’s Magazine” published “The Quietest Place in the Universe,” an essay detailing the modern history of the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota.