Visiting Writers Series Presents Jane Brox

Jane Brox’s fifth book, Silence, will be published in January 2019. Her most recent book, Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, was named one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2010 by Time magazine.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 7:30 PM EDT
Fenwick Library, Reading Room

Jane Brox’s fifth book, Silence, will be published in January 2019. Her most recent book, Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, was named one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2010 by Time magazine. She is also the author of Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm; Five Thousand Days Like This One, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction; and Here and Nowhere Else, which won the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award. She has received the New England Book Award for nonfiction, and her essays have appeared in many anthologies including Best American Essays, The Norton Book of Nature Writing, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. She has taught at Harvard University and Bowdoin College, and is currently on the faculty of Lesley University's low-residency MFA Program. 

Note for English 699 Students: The visiting writers class will be from 1pm-4pm in Robinson B 434.