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September 30, 2009

Hilary Masters reads from both of his new books, How the Indians Buried Their Dead and In Rooms of Memory.

Hilary Masters

 

Hilary Masters is the author of many highly regarded novels, short fiction, and non-fiction.  But even for such a distinguished author, September is a singular month: it marks the concurrent publication of two new books adn the 25th anniversary re-issue of his classic memoir Last Stands!  City of Asylum/Pittsburgh is honored to host the inaugural reading for both of his new books:

a short story collection

How the Indians Buried Their Dead

and a collection of essays

In Rooms of Memory

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Hilary Masters’ work has been cited in Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and Pushcart Prize anthologies.  He is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, the Balch Prize for Fiction, and the Monroe Spears Prize for essays. His writing has a generosity and delicacy “poignant as a family photograph“ and “erudite, engaging, and lovingly detailed. . . almost old-fashioned in its pleasures.” (The New York Times). He has taught creative writing at CMU since 1983.