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Genevieve Coleman | Monday, May 1, 2023
After publishing her first novel, “The Essence of an Hour,” in 2021, Susan Furber ‘14 is preparing to release her sequel on May 25. Furber’s second novel, “We Were Very Merry,” will continue the narrative of Lillie Carrigan as she attends college and meets the man she will eventually marry. However, over the course of several
Claire Reid | Friday, December 2, 2022
Wednesday night in a crowded Eck Visitors Center auditorium, author and South Bend native Tess Gunty discussed her debut novel, “The Rabbit Hutch,” which recently won the National Book Award for Fiction. The novel has also won the Waterstones debut fiction prize and the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. Published on July 21, “The Rabbit Hutch” follows three
Evan McKenna | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
During his time at Notre Dame from 1978 to 1982, Greg Bourke’s identity as a gay man was something to be discussed only through student-run hotlines and covert off-campus meetings. Now, almost 40 years later, Bourke is in the midst of a book tour for his new memoir “Gay, Catholic, and American: My Legal Battle
Dessi Gomez | Friday, April 30, 2021
When Notre Dame senior Ashley Cavuto decided to write a book last March, she knew she wanted to include mythology, mystery and a maze. Before she became A. Cavuto, author of “The Dust That Danced” — a mystery novel which has entered the publication and printing process today through New Degree Press — she operated
Kathryn Marshall | Tuesday, January 31, 2017
When she was younger, first-year Saint Mary’s student Dalanie Beach wanted to do everything and be everything when she grew up. As she grew older, she said she found she could be anything and do everything by becoming a writer. “You can step into the shoes of anyone you want to be and just go with
Gabby Salera | Thursday, September 15, 2016
What does your typical Instagram caption look like? Is it song lyrics? An inspirational quote? How about a multi-paragraph account of your most personal life experiences? If you’re Caroline Calloway — Cambridge grad and full-time author — you probably picked the last one. Calloway’s story started in New York with the Hudson Instagram filter and a
Maddie Daly | Monday, September 15, 2014
When we hear the word “immigrant,” we perhaps think of our ancestors coming to Ellis Island from Ireland, people crossing the U.S.-Mexican border daily or even just foreigners in general. In the U.S., we have a fairly narrow view of what immigration is like, especially in terms of the entire world. In my French class titled
Gabriela Malespin | Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Emine Segvi Özdamar, Turkish-German author, actress and director, presented a reading of her novel “The Bridge of the Golden Horn” in a lecture titled “Turkey to Germany, A Passport for the World: Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s Literary Journey” on Monday in McKenna Hall. The Department of German and Russian Languages organized the event, which included a