ALUMNI

Erin Lyn Bodin (Fiction S’14) published the title essay of her thesis, “Art of Being Light,” in Kindred Magazine‘s Fall 2014 Issue: Gather. Erin is also thrilled to announce that she’s been granted a 2015 A Room of Her Own Foundation Fellowship and will attend the Waves Discussion Series/2015 Retreat: Writing Against the Current. The week long residency will be at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico in August and is facilitated by Fellow of Distinction Maxine Hong Kingston. Inspired by the Retreat’s history of bringing together “a tapestry of women who, together, create a world of possibility for each other,” Erin’s fellowship proposal consisted of her research while at Stonecoast and her graduate presentation: How to Write a Narrative in the Feminine.

Eric M. Bosarge‘s (Popular Fiction, W’12) short story “Aberrant” was published in Spinetingler Magazine.

Libby Cudmore (Popular Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, S’10) is thrilled to announce that her debut novel, tentatively titled No Awkward Goodbyes, has been acquired by Chelsey Emmelhainz at William Morrow for publication in Winter 2016. Additionally, her story “The Redemption of Oren Barry” was named as an Honorable Mention in the Stoneslide Story Contest, and her flash fiction piece “How To Murder Your Friends” took the top prize in the Stoneslide Snap contest.

Julie C. Day‘s (Popular Fiction, S’12) story “Ghost Bubbles” is now available in the October issue of the online magazine Bartleby Snopes. It started out as a flash piece written for the 2014 Art & Words Show, curated annually by Stonecoast’s own Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam. If you feel so inclined, you can cast a vote to make it their Story of the Month. Voting is open through the first few days of November.

Erin Enberg‘s (Fiction, W’11) short film Arabel, which she wrote and directed, was an official selection at the New Hampshire Film Festival in October. It is also one of four shorts chosen to open the Cape Ann Film Festival October 30th in Gloucester, MA. Arabel is the screen version of “The Stalag, 1944,” a flash fiction piece set in WWII that was part of her thesis and was published in Stonecoast Lines, Winter 2011.

Kendall Giles (Popular Fiction, W’13) has an article about earning his black belt in martial arts, titled “6 Life-Changing Ways Your Black Belt Journey Can Transform You,” published by the health and fitness magazine Breaking Muscle.

Andrea Lani (Fiction, W14) was pleased to see two nonfiction pieces appear in print last month. Her essay “Here Be Dragons,” about raising a rock ‘n’ roll son, came out as part of the Motherlode: Essays on Parenting anthology published by KY Story, and her essay/article about hiking with children, “Skinny Big Hill Hard Mountain,” appeared in Issue 18 of TrailGroove magazine.

Matthew Quinn Martin‘s (Popular Fiction, S’10) short story “Hazardous Material” (originally published in Aphelion) is set to be re-released this May by Simon & Schuster/PocketStar as an eBook single. Expanded to novella length and retitled Nightlife: Hazardous Material, this new version has been extensively revised to fit in fully with Martin’s “nightlife universe.” It contains new and previously unpublished material, including an ending that is very different from the original (which will remain available here).

Alexandra Oliver (Poetry, W’12) recently gave an interview with Canadian poet and critic Rob McLennan about her work as co-editor of The Rotary Dial. Check it out at here. While you’re at it, come and visit The Rotary Dial at home—go to http://therotarydial.ca for more details.

The short story “Have You Seen Her?” by Karen Pullen (Popular Fiction, S’08) was published in the fiction gallery Phantasmacore.

Geek Theater: 15 Science Fiction and Fantasy Stage Plays, edited by Erin Underwood (Popular Fiction, S’09) and Jen Gunnels and featuring a play by James Patrick Kelly (faculty), will be published by Underwords Press on November 4, 2014.

FACULTY

Sarah Braunstein’s (Fiction, Writing for Social Change) essay “Billy” was recently published on The Nervous Breakdown.  She will be on this year’s National Selection Panel for the YoungArts Foundation. On November 12, she will perform a new piece,  “Night of the Moose”—in collaboration with William Giraldi—at the Double Take Reading Series (Apexart, New York City).

David Anthony Durham (Fiction, Popular Fiction) has closed another movie option deal for one of his books. They apparently have him gagged and bound, though, as he’s unable to disclose any details.

In conjunction with DC Reads and the George Washington University, Aaron Hamburger (Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Popular Fiction) is leading a discussion of Dinaw Mengestu’s novel The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears on November 5 at 7:00 p.m. at the Takoma Park Neighborhood Library. 

Elizabeth Searle (Fiction, Popular Fiction, Scriptwriting) took part in the NAMT (National Alliance for Musical Theater) festival and conference in New York City Oct. 23-26.  Elizabeth’s work has previously been a finalist at NAMT; she attended this year’s festival as a member of the Creative Team of Broadway Consortium, which has been a producer on such Broadway hits as Matilda and Master Class and which directed a 2013 staged reading of Elizabeth’s rock opera.  Watch for news of upcoming performances of Elizabeth’s rock opera at www.tonyaandnancytherockopera.com