Bart Yates
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Bart Yates lives in Iowa City, Iowa, where he works as a freelance musician and teacher. He has a master’s degree from Boston University, and he plays clarinet in a jazz duo, Nica’s Dream. He is the author of the award-winning Leave Myself Behind as well as The Brothers Bishop. Readers may visit his website at bartyates.com.
Books by Bart Yates
Both sweeping and exquisitely intimate, award-winning author Bart Yates blends historical fact and fiction in a surprising, thought-provoking saga spanning 12 significant days across nearly 100 years in the life of a single man, beginning in 1920s Utah.
When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown – and all the ghosts he left behind.
Fans of Andrew Sean Greer, Bryan Washington, and Jonathan Tropper will adore this outrageously funny, deeply touching, buoyant novel from the award-winning author of Leave Myself Behind.