The Meadow Literary and Art Journal 2011

“Addicted to Listening:” Mark Maynard’s interview with Alyson Hagy Photo by Ted Brummond Alyson Hagy was raised on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She is a graduate of Williams College and the MFA Program at the University of Michigan. Hagy is the author of seven books including the story collectionGhosts of Wyoming (Graywolf Press, 2010) and the forthcoming novelBoleta (Graywolf Press, 2012). Her work has been published in a number of journals and magazines, includingPloughshares, Shenandoah, Virginia Quarterly Reviewand theNew York Times Magazine . Her fiction has also been recorded for National Public Radio. Hagy has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. Her short stories have been awarded a Nelson Algren Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and been included in the Best American Short Stories series. Hagy currently lives in Laramie, Wyoming and teaches at the University of Wyoming. Recent interests include collaborations with visual artists, microfictions, interviews with workers in the energy industries, hiking, camping, and stealthy fly-fishing. theMeadow 73

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