Rone Shavers
Rone Shavers is author of the experimental Afrofuturist novel Silverfish (Clash Books), a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award in Fiction and one of The Brooklyn Rail’s “Best Books of 2020.” His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Action Spectacle, Big Other, BOMB, Black Warrior Review, Notre Dame Review, and PANK. He is Associate Professor of English at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City and fiction editor at Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora.
2021 Events
Prose/Poetics: Writers on the Line Between Prose and Poem
The Hyper-Poetics of the Visual Narrative
The Hyper-Poetics of the Visual Narrative
2022 Events
Form and Discontent, Vol. 3: “Underworlds, Inner Worlds, and Other Worlds”
Mystical Realism and the Poetics of the Moment: A Workshop
Form and Discontent: A Reading
Mystical Realism and the Poetics of the Moment: A Workshop
Form and Discontent: A Reading
2023 Events
Form and Discontent, Vol. 4: “The Politics of Poetics”
Small Press Reading I
Small Press Reading I
2024 Events
Form and Discontent, Vol. 5: “The Sound of Prose”
READING EXPERIMENT IN PROGRESS: A Collaborative Performance
READING EXPERIMENT IN PROGRESS: A Collaborative Performance
2025 Events
Form and Discontent, Vol. 6: “When has it not been political?”
Rigorous Reading
Rigorous Reading