The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) opens its Connections Literary Series this spring in Leonardtown with readings from area novelists Molly McCloskey and Krista Keyes. The two will share their recent work which is weaved with their travels to Ireland, as well as take questions from the audience starting at 7:30 p.m. March 8.
Molly McCloskey
McCloskey was born in Philadelphia and grew up in North Carolina and Oregon. In 1989, she moved to Ireland, spending 10 years on the west coast before moving to Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of two short story collections, “Solomon’s Seal” and “The Beautiful Changes,” and a novel, “Protection.”
Her first work of non-fiction, “Circles Around the Sun: In Search of a Lost Brother,” appeared in 2011. Her new novel, “Straying (2018),” is receiving favorable reviews. It is published in the U.S. by Scribner and by Penguin in the UK and Ireland, where it appeared as “When Light is Like Water.” She was shortlisted for the 2018 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Her work has appeared in the Irish Times, the Dublin Review, the Guardian and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She lives in Washington, D.C., where she recently served as a judge for the DC-based PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Keyes is a professor of English and Creative Writing at CSM. She received a master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University College Dublin in 2018 and a master of Art in English from the University of California, Davis in 2007. She is currently an associate editor of CSM’s Connections Literary Magazine and the former editor of Creative Nonfiction for the HCE Review.
Krista Keyes
Keyes’ short stories, poems, and essays have been published in Connections and The Greenbelt Review. She spent the 2017-2018 academic year on sabbatical in Dublin, Ireland, and is currently writing a book that takes place there.
The CSM Leonardtown Campus is located at 22950 Hollywood Road in Leonardtown. Tickets are $3 in advance; $5 at the event; or $3 with CSM student ID. Tickets may be purchased by emailing connections@csmd.edu.
While CSM’s Connections readings are designed to offer the Southern Maryland community a chance to hear from and meet established and emerging local writers up-close-and-personal, the series also produces the Connections Literary Magazine. This regional literary journal features poems, stories, artwork and photography submitted by students, staff and Southern Maryland residents. Publication readings from the magazine take place in December and May each year.
The Connections Literary Series is sponsored by CSM’s English, Communication and Languages Division, and thanks to grants from the Arts Council of Calvert County, the Charles County Arts Alliance, the St. Mary’s County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council.
Those who are interested in being considered for publication in the spring issue must submit their work by the March 17 deadline. Submission guidelines are available at www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-magazine.
To view dozens of videos from past and recent CSM literary events, visit the college’s official YouTube Educational Channel, https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F2D9EBEBF5D43F65. For information about CSM’s Connections Literary Series, visit www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/.
Calendar
CSM Connections Literary Series: Novelists Molly McCloskey and Krista Keyes. 7:30 p.m., March 8. College of Southern Maryland (CSM), Leonardtown Campus, Building A, Auditorium, 22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown. Novelists Molly McCloskey and Krista Keyes will present readings of their work. $3 in advance; $5 at the event; or $3 with CSM student ID. Tickets may be purchased by emailing connections@csmd.edu. www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-readings.
Edna Troiana
CSM Connections Literary Series: Novelist Edna Troiano. 7:30 p.m. April 5. College of Southern Maryland (CSM) La Plata Campus Center for Business and Industry (BI Building), Dr. John M. Sine Conference Room 103. Troiano will read from her latest book, ‘Uncle Tom’s Journey from Maryland to Canada, traces the life of Josiah Henson from his birthplace in La Plata, Maryland.’ $3 in advance; $5 at the event; or $3 with CSM student ID. Tickets may be purchased by emailing connections@csmd.edu. www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-readings.
CSM Connections Literary Series: A Special Evening of Artworks and Poetry: Visions of Verses. 5-8 p.m. April 13. calvART Gallery, 110 South Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick. CSM, in collaboration with the Arts Council of Calvert County and the CalvART gallery, will host a very special evening to celebrate the value of art in our lives. The program will feature paintings by CalvART Gallery member artists and a reading of poems by Southern Maryland poets inspired by the artwork. For more information, visit www.calvertarts.org.
CSM Connections Literary Series: Spring 2019 “Connections” Literary Magazine Publication Reading. 7:30 p.m. May 3. College of Southern Maryland (CSM) La Plata Campus Center for Business and Industry (BI Building), Dr. John M. Sine Conference Room 103. Contributors to the spring 2019 “Connections” Literary Magazine will read and discuss their published works. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-magazine/
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Molly McCloskey
McCloskey was born in Philadelphia and grew up in North Carolina and Oregon. In 1989, she moved to Ireland, spending 10 years on the west coast before moving to Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of two short story collections, “Solomon’s Seal” and “The Beautiful Changes,” and a novel, “Protection.”
Her first work of non-fiction, “Circles Around the Sun: In Search of a Lost Brother,” appeared in 2011. Her new novel, “Straying (2018),” is receiving favorable reviews. It is published in the U.S. by Scribner and by Penguin in the UK and Ireland, where it appeared as “When Light is Like Water.” She was shortlisted for the 2018 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Her work has appeared in the Irish Times, the Dublin Review, the Guardian and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She lives in Washington, D.C., where she recently served as a judge for the DC-based PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Keyes is a professor of English and Creative Writing at CSM. She received a master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University College Dublin in 2018 and a master of Art in English from the University of California, Davis in 2007. She is currently an associate editor of CSM’s Connections Literary Magazine and the former editor of Creative Nonfiction for the HCE Review.
Krista Keyes
Keyes’ short stories, poems, and essays have been published in Connections and The Greenbelt Review. She spent the 2017-2018 academic year on sabbatical in Dublin, Ireland, and is currently writing a book that takes place there.
The CSM Leonardtown Campus is located at 22950 Hollywood Road in Leonardtown. Tickets are $3 in advance; $5 at the event; or $3 with CSM student ID. Tickets may be purchased by emailing connections@csmd.edu.
While CSM’s Connections readings are designed to offer the Southern Maryland community a chance to hear from and meet established and emerging local writers up-close-and-personal, the series also produces the Connections Literary Magazine. This regional literary journal features poems, stories, artwork and photography submitted by students, staff and Southern Maryland residents. Publication readings from the magazine take place in December and May each year.
The Connections Literary Series is sponsored by CSM’s English, Communication and Languages Division, and thanks to grants from the Arts Council of Calvert County, the Charles County Arts Alliance, the St. Mary’s County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council.
Those who are interested in being considered for publication in the spring issue must submit their work by the March 17 deadline. Submission guidelines are available at www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-magazine.
To view dozens of videos from past and recent CSM literary events, visit the college’s official YouTube Educational Channel, https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F2D9EBEBF5D43F65. For information about CSM’s Connections Literary Series, visit www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/.
Calendar
CSM Connections Literary Series: Novelists Molly McCloskey and Krista Keyes. 7:30 p.m., March 8. College of Southern Maryland (CSM), Leonardtown Campus, Building A, Auditorium, 22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown. Novelists Molly McCloskey and Krista Keyes will present readings of their work. $3 in advance; $5 at the event; or $3 with CSM student ID. Tickets may be purchased by emailing connections@csmd.edu. www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-readings.
Edna Troiana
CSM Connections Literary Series: Novelist Edna Troiano. 7:30 p.m. April 5. College of Southern Maryland (CSM) La Plata Campus Center for Business and Industry (BI Building), Dr. John M. Sine Conference Room 103. Troiano will read from her latest book, ‘Uncle Tom’s Journey from Maryland to Canada, traces the life of Josiah Henson from his birthplace in La Plata, Maryland.’ $3 in advance; $5 at the event; or $3 with CSM student ID. Tickets may be purchased by emailing connections@csmd.edu. www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-readings.
CSM Connections Literary Series: A Special Evening of Artworks and Poetry: Visions of Verses. 5-8 p.m. April 13. calvART Gallery, 110 South Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick. CSM, in collaboration with the Arts Council of Calvert County and the CalvART gallery, will host a very special evening to celebrate the value of art in our lives. The program will feature paintings by CalvART Gallery member artists and a reading of poems by Southern Maryland poets inspired by the artwork. For more information, visit www.calvertarts.org.CSM Connections Literary Series: Spring 2019 “Connections” Literary Magazine Publication Reading. 7:30 p.m. May 3. College of Southern Maryland (CSM) La Plata Campus Center for Business and Industry (BI Building), Dr. John M. Sine Conference Room 103. Contributors to the spring 2019 “Connections” Literary Magazine will read and discuss their published works. Free. https://www.csmd.edu/community/connections-literary-series/connections-magazine/
[ This article originally appeared here ]