Steven Wingate's "Of Fathers and Fire" published by University of Nebraska Press

Steven Wingate's "Of Fathers and Fire" published by University of Nebraska Press

Monday, April 1, 2019

KHN Alum (2009) Steven Wingate has announced that his novel, "Of Fathers and Fire" has been published as the latest volume of the University of Nebraska Press' Flyover Fiction series. Wingate's KHN residency played an integral role in the early development of this fictional work that finds it's lead character, Tommy, on a journey to unravel past mysteries that leads him to our very own Nebraska City!

"A story of family..this story pleads for a world torns by lies, war, and hatred to reconcile - even as present-day America faces similar issues. Faith, jazz, truth, and magic carry Tommy along his journey of self-discovery." (Anna Weir, Publicist, UNL)

Steven Wingate is the author of the award-winning short story collection Wifeshopping and the prose poem collection Thirty-One Octets: Incantations and Meditations. He is associate editor of Fiction Writers Review and recipient of prizes and fellowships from Bread Loaf 

Writers' Conference, Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Gulf Coast, and The Journal. His work has appeared in such journals as Mississippi Review, Sonora Review, Slice, and Puerto del Sol

Congratulations, Steven!