The STU Reader

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The STU Reader

By (author): Herménégilde Chiasson, Jo-Anne Elder, Philip Lee, Wayne Curtis

Edited by: Douglas Vipond, Russell Hunt

St. Thomas University has nurtured exemplary people for a century — from its first alighting in Newcastle to its current perch on a Fredericton hilltop. Here, in celebration of St. Thomas’s 100th anniversary, is the first-ever collection of fiction, poetry, and prose by the university’s most celebrated writers, including David Adams Richards, Sheldon Currie, Leo Ferrari, Sheree Fitch, and Kathy Mac.

Philip Lee’s thrumming account of a public auction kicks off the collection. Next up: Sheree Fitch’s poem, “Cop,” which wends through undercover prostitution and a child’s abduction. Hard on its heels: Sheldon Currie’s pitch-perfect story from a Nova Scotia coal-mining town. Once you begin, you’re sure to read until the entire, delectable volume is consumed.

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AUTHOR

Herménégilde Chiasson

Herménégilde Chiasson is one of Canada’s most accomplished writer-artists. He is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, over 30 plays, and several collections of essays. A multi-disciplinary artist, he has received numerous awards for his work, including the Governor General’s Award for poetry, the Molson Prize, le prix France-Acadie, le Grand prix de la francophonie canadienne, the prestigious Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the Prix littéraire Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.

AUTHOR

Jo-Anne Elder

Born in East Centreville, New Brunswick, Canadian poet Fred Cogswell (1917-2004) served overseas in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. Cogswell published numerous collections of poetry including Black and White Tapestry (1989), In Praise of Old Music (1992) and The Trouble With Light (1996). In 1958, Cogswell, along with close friend and travelling poet Warren Kinthompson and a group of students and faculty from the University of New Brunswick, founded Fiddlehead Poetry Books, now one of Canada’s important small press publishers operating asGoose Lane Editions. He was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1981.

AUTHOR

Philip Lee

A journalist, lecturer, and bestselling writer, Philip Lee began his career as an investigative reporter on Canada’s east coast. Restigouche emerged from his long-standing interest in rivers and the people who love them. His first book, Home Pool: The Fight to Save the Atlantic Salmon, grew out of his award-winning reporting on the decline of the Atlantic salmon. Lee is also the author of Frank: The Life and Politics of Frank McKenna, a national bestseller, and Bittersweet: Confessions of a Twice-Married Man, which was long-listed for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.

A professor at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Lee developed the Dalton Camp lecture series, broadcast annually by CBC Radio’s Ideas and edited The Next Big Thing (a published collection from the lectures). When he is not writing and teaching, Lee spends as much time as he can following the currents of rivers.


AUTHOR

Wayne Curtis

Wayne Curtis was born in Keenan, New Brunswick, on the banks of the Miramichi River. He was educated at the local schoolhouse and at St. Thomas University. He started writing prose in the late 1960s. His essays have appeared in the Globe and Mail, Outdoor Canada, Fly Fishermen, and the Atlantic Salmon Journal.

AUTHOR

Douglas Vipond

Douglas Vipond joined the psychology department in 1977. He taught in the writing program and has published a number of articles and reviews on reading and writing, many of them with Russ Hunt. He co-edited special issues of Poetics and Textual Studies in Canada and has written two books: Writing and Psychology (Praeger, 1993) and Success in Psychology: Writing and Research for Canadian Students (Harcourt, 1996).

AUTHOR

Russell Hunt

Russell A. Hunt joined the English department in 1968. He co-authored K.C. Irving: The Art of the Industrialist (M&S, 1973) and has published journalism and scholarship in a wide range of journals and collections. He was a founder of the alternative journal the Mysterious East and of the Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning. On campus, he participated in the creation of the writing program, the Learning and Teaching Development Office, and the first-year interdisciplinary Aquinas Program.

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St. Thomas University has nurtured creative minds for more than a century — from its first alighting in Chatham, New Brunswick as St. Thomas College, a high school and junior college for boys, then as a fledgling degree-granting institution, and eventually to its present roost on a Fredericton hilltop, surveying New Brunswick and the world beyond. Here, in celebration of the university’s 100th anniversary, is the first-ever anthology of fiction, poetry, and prose by its finest writers, including David Adams Richards, Sheree Fitch, Sheldon Currie, Kathy Mac, and Leo Ferrari.

Philip Lee’s thrumming account of a public auction kicks off the collection. Next up: Sheree Fitch’s poem “Cop,” which wends through undercover prostitution and a child’s abduction. Hard on its heels is Sheldon Currie’s pitch-perfect story from a Cape Breton mining town. Warning: once you begin, you may find the volume difficult to put down!


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St. Thomas University has nurtured exemplary people for a century — from its first alighting in Newcastle to its current perch on a Fredericton hilltop. Here, in celebration of St. Thomas’s 100th anniversary, is the first-ever collection of fiction, poetry, and prose by the university’s most celebrated writers, including David Adams Richards, Sheldon Currie, Leo Ferrari, Sheree Fitch, and Kathy Mac.

Philip Lee’s thrumming account of a public auction kicks off the collection. Next up: Sheree Fitch’s poem, “Cop,” which wends through undercover prostitution and a child’s abduction. Hard on its heels: Sheldon Currie’s pitch-perfect story from a Nova Scotia coal-mining town. Once you begin, you’re sure to read until the entire, delectable volume is consumed.

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Dimensions:

246 Pages
9in * 6in * 0.619in
369gr

Published:

February 19, 2010

Publisher:

Goose Lane Editions

ISBN:

9780864926135

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Anthologies

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