Free online: Black Mountain Institute presents author Mia Alvar. Join via Zoom for a reading and discussion with Mia Alvar, author of In the Country, a short-story collection that won the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize from the University of Rochester. Tuesday, October 29, 2 PM CDT.
"She holds a grudge against the world for defaulting on its promises to beautiful women. It didn’t occur to me that I’d been counting on similar promises, made to smart girls who studied hard." ~Mia Alvar