Eight Arms for Athena, Two for Her Friend/A gripping new book by naturalist Sy Montgomery bridges the gap between humans and one of this planet's strangest and most wondrous creatures.
May 27, 2015 13:31 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., May 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a certain way, Sy Montgomery's arm-in-arm encounter with a giant Pacific octopus was inevitable.
The naturalist and author—who is also an...
Is It True Yet?/ Can a notorious insulting gesture speak some sort of truth? It does in "Read Between the Lines," the adventurous new YA novel from Jo Knowles.
April 21, 2015 16:24 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., April 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One day eleven years ago, Jo Knowles-the Young Adult novelist who also teaches in Southern New Hampshire University's low-residency MFA in Fiction...
The Empathy Lady/ Celebrated essayist Leslie Jamison, who is on the longlist for a PEN Literary Award, has struck a tricky balance between her privacy and the shared emotion she has come to represent.
March 27, 2015 14:32 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., March 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Last week finalists were announced for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. "For some writers," said Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN American...
The Latest In a Series of Love Affairs/"Holy Fool," the debut novel by Kenneth Butler, owes a little something to Sinatra, perhaps, but more to the creative--and spiritual--passion of its author.
February 17, 2015 11:55 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., Feb. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- They're like a series of love affairs, the various events that led to the publication last month of "Holy Fool," the novel that had also been...
Not despite the hurdles--because of them
August 28, 2013 16:15 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University MFA and Creative Writing
MANCHESTER, N.H., Aug. 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Not despite the hurdles—because of them.
A second Crystal Kite Award adds to the momentum of Jo Knowles's unexpected career as a Young...
No Better Audience
July 30, 2013 10:02 ET
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Southern New Hampshire University (EST)
MANCHESTER, N.H., July 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The new associate publishing director for Random House/Golden Books, a division of the world's largest English-language trade publisher, is...