Meet Brando Skyhorse
Skyhorse’s debut novel, The Madonnas of Echo Park(Simon & Schuster, 2010), received the 2011 PEN/Hemingway Award, and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The book was also a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. Take This Man: A Memoir(Simon & Schuster, 2014) was an Amazon Best Book of the Month selection and named by Kirkus Reviews as one the Best Nonfiction Books of the year. Skyhorse has also co-edited an anthology, We Wear The Mask: 15 True Stories Of Passing in America (Beacon Press, 2017). He has been awarded fellowships at Ucross Foundation, the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, and was the 2014-2015 Jenny McKean Moore Writer-In-Washington at George Washington University. Skyhorse is an Associate Professor of English at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Learn more and order his books here(they’ll also be available for sale at the conference
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All attendees will receive available session materials and have access to the recordings for 90 days following the event
Brando will deliver his keynote, “Put Your Best Words Forward” on Thursday evening and participating on the panel“A Little Give and Take: Responding to Reader Responses to Our Work.”
Brando Skyhorse speaks to large and diverse student bodies about the numerous topics raised by his work: race, identity, and class, among others. His work has been chosen for Common Reading programs at many colleges and schools including Vanderbilt University, Illinois Wesleyan, Pasadena City College, and was a keynote assembly speaker at Phillips Exeter Academy.
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No matter what genre you write or what age group your audience is, our events have something for you. More than that, it benefits you as a writer to broaden your craft by attending sessions that are outside your area of focus
Join us this July 10 – 12, 2025 at the Ball State Alumni Center in Muncie, Indiana—or virtually, from the comfort of your own computer—and see for yourself the wonderful things MWW has to offer!
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All attendees will receive available session materials and have access to the recordings for 90 days following the event
Announcing MWW25’s FREE Community Event!
Evening with an Author: Robin Lee Lovelace
Come join the Midwest Writers Workshop for a cozy evening with the talented author Robin Lee Lovelace at the Ball State Alumni Center. She’ll read from her book Savonne, Not Vonny and her Indiana Author Award Shortlisted collection, A Wild Region. Attendees will also learn about her writing journey and process. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet the author, ask questions, and connect with fellow book lovers!
Friday, July 11 from 6:30 – 8:00pm EST
Ball State Alumni Center
2800 West Bethel Ave/Muncie, IN 47304
This in-person event is free and open to the community, made possible with the support of Indiana Humanities and Glick Philanthropies.
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