Lannan Foundation

Brad Watson, Writer - Marfa, Spring 2006

Brad Watson was born in Mississippi and is the author of two books, a collection of stories entitled Last Days of the Dog-Men for which he won the Sue Kauffman Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for first collection of stories, and a novel, The Heaven of Mercury, a finalist for the National Book Award.  He has worked as a journalist and has taught creative writing at Harvard, the University of Wyoming, the University of Alabama, and elsewhere.