Brad Watson returns as keynote speaker at the 28th annual Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium at Mississippi University for Women Oct. 20-22. Watson will read from his National Book Award-nominated novel, "Miss Jane." He is the author of short story collections "Last Days of the Dog Men" and "Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives" and the novel "The Heaven of Mercury," which was also a finalist for the National Book Award.
Watson will read and discuss his novel Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Poin
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