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Brad Watson

Brad Watson teaches creative writing at the University of Wyoming, Laramie. His story ‘Vacuum’ was first published in Granta 109, and will appear in appear in Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives, was published by W. W. Norton in 2010.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Letter from Wyoming

Brad Watson

‘Before I moved to Wyoming in 2005, I was – like a lot of people outside this region, it turns out – not quite sure just where it was.’

In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation | The Online Edition

Brad Watson | Interview

Brad Watson & Patrick Ryan

‘This story did emerge from the single image of the mother, angry, vacuuming while her three boys watched television, a little dumbfounded and afraid. That’s a memory from my childhood that’s always stuck with me.’

Fiction | Issue 109 padlock
Fiction | Issue 109 padlock

Vacuum

Brad Watson

‘The mother told the boys that she was much unappreciated in this house.’

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