Becky Hagenston

author of The Age of Discovery and Other Stories

Friday, October 22, 9:40am

Becky Hagenston is Professor of English at Mississippi State University. Her latest collection of stories, The Age of Discovery, won the Jounnal Non/Fiction Prize from Mad Creek Books. Individual stories have been awarded two O Henry Prizes and a Pushcart Prize. A frequent guest of the symposium, her previous collectiosn include Scavengers, Strange Weather, and A Gram of Mars.

Becky Hagenston’s author site

The Age of Discovery cover

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