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Erika Brumett Our First Writer in Residence

Posted on September 28, 2019

 

Please welcome Erika Brumett, of Seattle, WA,  Oct 10th at the open mic at the Flood Gallery, 850 Blue Ridge Rd, Black Mountain, NC. Erika is the first winner of our competitive writer in residence grants at our Swannanoa residency location near Asheville, NC.

Erika Brumett’s words appear in numerous publications, including The Los Angeles Review, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and Five Points. She is the winner of RHINO’s 2018 Editor’s Prize, as well as a six-time nominee for last year’s Pushcart Prize. Erika’s novel, Scrap Metal Sky, was published by Shape&Nature Press, and her chapbook, bonehouse, was recently released from Green Linden Press.