June
Lou Gorman, Red Sox general manager from 1984-1993 and author of the recently released One Pitch from Glory: A Decade of Running the Red Sox visited Curry College this summer for a reading and book signing at the President’s residence.
L to R: Athletic Director Steve Nelson, Lou Gorman and President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.
Lou Gorman reads from "One Pitch from Glory: A Decade of Running the Red Sox" at a special gathering at the President’s Residence.
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August
The Blue Hills Writing Institute at Curry College held its 4th annual life writing program from August 7-12, 2005. Institute Director Robert Atwan welcomed Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of Incidental Findings and Singular Intimacies, back to campus for her second appearance as a featured guest speaker. New to the institute this year were Kyoti Mori, author of two nonfiction books - The Dream of Water: A Memoir and Polite Lies: On Being A Woman Caught Between Cultures - as well as three novels, the most recent of which is Stone Field, True Arrow, and Joe Mackall, co-founder and editor of River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative-a journal dedicated to publishing the best in creative nonfiction, including essay, memoir and literary journalism.
Returning this year were Curry faculty members Sandy Kaye, chair of the humanities department and author of Writing Under Pressure and Writing as a Lifelong Skill, and Allan Hunter, author of The Sanity Manual and Life Passages-both of which use his revolutionary techniques of writing for personal exploration How They Met, a novel, and co-author of his father’s wartime memoir From Coastal Command to Captivity. Suzanne Strempek Shea, author of two recent memoirs, Songs From a Lead-lined Room, and Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore, returned also as a visiting faculty member.
Workshops offered included The Story You Need to Tell; Transformations: How to Start Your Memoir; The Slice-of-Your-Life Memoir; and Advanced Memoir a popular choice for experienced
writers and repeat participants.
Professor Allan Hunter (middle, gesturing) leads a discussion at the 2005 Blue Hills Writing Institute.
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