Bret Anthony Johnston
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| image = Bret Anthony Johnston 2023 Texas Book Festival.jpg |
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| caption = Johnston at the 2023 Texas Book Festival. |
| caption = Johnston at the 2023 [[Texas Book Festival]]. |
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| name = Bret Anthony Johnston |
| name = Bret Anthony Johnston |
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| notableworks = ''Corpus Christi: Stories'' |
| notableworks = ''Corpus Christi: Stories'' (2004) ''Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer'' (2008) ''Waiting for Lightning'' (2012) |
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''Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer''; |
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''Waiting for Lightning'' |
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| awards = 5 Under 35 Honoree [[Guggenheim Fellow]] (2026) |
| awards = 5 Under 35 Honoree [[Guggenheim Fellow]] (2026) |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Johnston is a graduate of [[Miami University]] and the [[Iowa Writers’ Workshop]]. He was the recipient of a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Literature Fellowship. His work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The Atlantic'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[The Paris Review]]'', ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', ''[[Oxford American]]'', ''[[Tin House]]'', ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Slate.com]]'', [[All Things Considered]], and in short story anthologies. Johnston is the Director of the [[Michener Center for Writers]] at [[The University of Texas at Austin]], where he teaches fiction writing.{{cite web | url=https://michener.utexas.edu/contact/ | title=Contact – Michener Center for Writers }} He was previously the Director of the Creative Writing program at [[Harvard University]].{{cite web | url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/english/faculty/baj2276 | title=UT Austin, Department of English }} Retrieved 2026-04-14. |
Johnston is a graduate of [[Miami University]] and the [[Iowa Writers’ Workshop]]. He was the recipient of a [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Literature Fellowship. His work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The Atlantic'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[The Paris Review]]'', ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', ''[[Oxford American]]'', ''[[Tin House]]'', ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Slate.com]]'', [[All Things Considered]], and in short story anthologies. Johnston is the Director of the [[Michener Center for Writers]] at [[The University of Texas at Austin]], where he teaches fiction writing.{{cite web | url=https://michener.utexas.edu/contact/ | title=Contact – Michener Center for Writers }}{{cite web |title=Guggenheim Foundation Names 2 UT Faculty to 101st Class of Fellows |url=https://news.utexas.edu/2026/04/17/guggenheim-foundation-names-2-ut-faculty-to-101st-class-of-fellows/ |website=UT News |date=April 17, 2026}} He was previously the Director of the Creative Writing program at [[Harvard University]].{{cite web | url=https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/english/faculty/baj2276 | title=UT Austin, Department of English }} Retrieved 2026-04-14. |
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Johnston is the author of the novels ''We Burn Daylight'', ''Remember Me Like This'' and ''Corpus Christi: Stories''.{{cite web | url=https://www.bret-anthony-johnston.com/books | title=Books }} |
Johnston is the author of the novels ''We Burn Daylight'', ''Remember Me Like This'' and ''Corpus Christi: Stories''.{{cite web | url=https://www.bret-anthony-johnston.com/books | title=Books }} |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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*''Corpus Christi: Stories'' (2004) |
* ''Corpus Christi: Stories'' (2004) |
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*''Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer'' (editor) (2008) |
* ''Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer'' (editor) (2008) |
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*''Waiting for Lightning'' (screenwriter) (2012) |
* ''Waiting for Lightning'' (screenwriter) (2012) |
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* ''Remember Me Like This'' (2014) |
* ''Remember Me Like This'' (2014) |
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* ''We Burn Daylight: A Novel'' (2024) |
* ''We Burn Daylight: A Novel'' (2024) |
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