Bennett Sims

Bennett Sims

Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, a gift of the Drue Heinz Trust
September 10, 2018–July 26, 2019
Profession
Visiting Assistant Professor, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa
Project title
Untitled Novel
Project description

With the support of the Rome Prize, I will continue work on a new novel-in-progress. Like my first novel, A Questionable Shape, it is set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it explores the conscious experience of addiction, novelty, memory, and desire.