ANNOUNCEMENTS IOTA SHORT FORMS BEGINS SUNDAY WRITING SESSIONS Penny Guisinger (Creative Nonfiction, S’13) and Suzanne Strempek Shea (Faculty 2003-2021) are offering free monthly online writing sessions through Iota Short Forms. Led alternately by these two Iota Co-Directors, plus some special guests here and there, the sessions will consist of writing time with or without prompts. You’ll …
ALUMS Peter Adrian Behravesh (Popular Fiction, W'18) narrated Sonia Sulaiman's story "Handala. The Olive, The Storm, and the Sea" for the November 12 episode of PodCastle, as part of their Palestinian Voices series. You can listen to it here. What do writers do when they're not writing? Emma Bouthillette (Creative Nonfiction, S’12) answered that question for The Masters Review's monthly …
ALUMS Peter Adrian Behravesh (Popular Fiction, W'18) narrated E. M. Linden's story "The Projectionists" for the September 28 episode of Cast of Wonders, as part of their Banned Books Week. You can listen to it here. Libby Cudmore’s (Popular Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, S'10) novel Negative Girl (Datura 2024) was released in paperback, ebook, and audiobook on September 10, …
ANNOUNCEMENTS Alumnus Jacob Strunk (Fiction, W’07) has undergone heart surgery in January and some Stonecoasters are among those supporting a GoFundMe effort right now to help with expenses. If you’d like to donate, visit Jacob’s Big Dumb Heart. BOSKONE 2020 This year’s Boskone---New England’s longest running science fiction convention---features many Stonecoast faculty and alumni on …
ALUMNI Michael Beeman (Fiction, S'09) was excited to see his piece "Advice to Fictional Characters on the Occasion of My 31st Birthday" appear on Thought Catalog recently. Sheila Boneham (Creative Nonfiction/Cross Genre, S'13) is thrilled to announce the release of her second mystery, The Money Bird (Midnight Ink). The first book in this series, Drop …
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