Brandon Hobson 04/05/2019
Description
Brandon Hobson, fiction writer, talks about his youth in El Reno, Oklahoma, and shares how he became interested in writing while in college and comments on other writers he admires. He discusses his book 'Where the Dead Sit Talking,' a novel about a teenage Cherokee boy placed in foster care, that was a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award. Hobson also explains some of the themes of his own stories, particularly that of obsession, and gives some advice for new writers.
| Date(s) | 4/5/2019 |
| Call Number | SOK_420 |
| Subjects | Oklahoma authors, Creative process, Childhood, Career, Cherokee heritage Authors, Fiction, Indians of North America, Interviews, Young adult literature |
| Interviewee(s) | Brandon Hobson |
| Interviewer(s) | Emily Blackshear |