Two members of the SUNY Oswego family, authors Linda Loomis and Laura Donnelly, will read from their work, discuss their writing, and engage with the community in a Q&A session at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, at Oswego Public Library.
The event, titled "Poetry and Prose of Memory, Place and Family," is free and open to the public.
Loomis’ writing explores memories of growing up in Oswego, while Donnelly’s poetry explores her family history in rural Northern Michigan. Both Loomis and Donnelly give voice to the daily connections people forge as they write about past and present, which they will highlight during an engaging discussion and reading.
Loomis has taught journalism and creative writing at SUNY Oswego, where she was a tenured professor and director of the journalism program. Prior to teaching, she had been an editor and reporter for the Brown Newspapers (The Liverpool Review) and editor of the Oswego Alumni Magazine. Her byline now appears on articles about music and the arts at Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard.
Donnelly teaches poetry and serves as chair of the English and Creative Writing Department at SUNY Oswego. She is the author of two collections of poetry, "Midwest Gothic" and "Watershed." She regularly reviews books for the environmental literary magazine Terrain, and she recently co-produced a documentary on Sterling Nature Center.
The Oswego Public Library, a national historic landmark and reportedly America's oldest public library in its original building, is located at 120 E. Second St. in downtown Oswego.
-- Submitted by the English and Creative Writing Department