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Nicole Caratas | Friday, April 20, 2018
As part of the Visiting Writers Series, Melissa Range read from her collection of poems titled “Scriptorium” at Saint Mary’s on Thursday. Range said she started writing when she was a young child as a way to help her make sense of the world around her and herself. Range said she was a fiction writer
Nicole Caratas | Wednesday, March 28, 2018
As part of the Visiting Writers Series, Hasanthika Sirisena read from her collection of short stories titled “The Other One” at Saint Mary’s on Tuesday. Taking place both in Sri Lanka and in the United States, the collection features stories about characters who deal with different aspects of the Sri Lankan civil war. “Most of
Nicole Caratas | Friday, December 1, 2017
Kate Sweeney, author of “American Afterlife,” said she began her journey of writing about death when she heard about “green burial,” an ecologically friendly alternative to traditional burial. “Like so many Americans, I don’t have a comfortable relationship with the idea of death — it frightens me,” she said. “I didn’t know why I was
Colleen Zewe | Friday, March 24, 2017
Married authors and Florida State University professors Elizabeth and Ned Stuckey-French visited Saint Mary’s on Thursday as part of the English department’s Visiting Writers series. Mrs. Stuckey-French has written several novels and short story collections, including her recent book “The Revenge of Radioactive Lady,” which received critical acclaim from The New Yorker and The New