Discipline: Literature – nonfiction

Brad Land

Discipline: Literature – nonfiction
Region: Conway, SC
MacDowell Fellowships: 2004, 2008

Brad Land received his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and also studied at Western Michigan University, where he served as nonfiction editor of the school’s Third Coast literary magazine. His 2004 memoir, Goat, about his experience with fraternity culture and hazing, was made into a motion picture in 2016. His first work of fiction was a novel entitled Pilgrims Upon the Earth. He currently lives in South Carolina.

Studios

Star

Brad Land worked in the Star studio.

Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…

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