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Tarumoto Short Fiction Prize Reading
On February 11, 2016, VCU’s Visiting Writer’s Series hosted readings by the winners of the Rebecca Mitchell Tarumoto Short Fiction Prize, authors Hiba Krisht and Carrie Brown. Krisht’s stories have appeared in The Kenyon Review , Hayden’s Ferry Review , Blackbird , and elsewhere. Brown is the author of seven novels and a collection of short stories, The House on Belle Isle (Algonquin Books, 2002).
Hiba Krisht is a professional translator from Beirut. Her stories have been published in The Kenyon Review , Hayden’s Ferry Review , and Mizna , among others. She is a recipient of the 2012 Jane Foulkes Malone Fellowship from Indiana University and the 2013 JoAnn Athanas Memorial Award in literature from the National Society of Arts and Letters (Bloomington, Indiana Chapter). She has been interviewed about her life and work by VICE News, BBC Radio, and Grazia Daily , among others. Photo by Tony Duvall