The STU Reader: Poetry, Prose, and Fiction by St. Thomas University Writers

by St Thomas University Writers

• ISBN13: 9780864926135
• ISBN10: 0864926138
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-05
• Publisher: Utp Distribution

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Douglas Vipond joined the Psychology Department at STU in 1977. He has taught in the Writing Program and published books, articles, and reviews on reading and writing, many of them with Russell Hunt. Russell A. Hunt has taught English at STU since 1968. He has published widely on literacy and education and was instrumental in creating the Writing Program and the first-year interdisciplinary Aquinas Program.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
Sold!	p. 17
Cop	p. 23
Lauchie and Liza and Rory	p. 26
Kim Hyo-Sung	p. 31
Boxing the Compass	p. 33
Remembering SARS	p. 37
New Waterford Boy	p. 43
Parsley and Pink Petunias	p. 45
Isabella, Double-You Be	p. 46
“I Am a St. John River Person”	p. 47
Et la saison avance	p. 56
And the Season Advances Translation
Giving Up by the Goleta Slough	p. 58
The Dialogue of Socrates with Hero	p. 59
Fishbones	p. 65
The Mill Was All in Northern New Brunswick	p. 67
Yellow Bath	p. 72
Collecting the Stories	p. 74
Elegy for Youth	p. 90
our love is different	p. 91
Fall of '58	p. 92
Amanda's Presents, Returned	p. 98
Pride in the Name of Love	p. 100
Poolside North Conway, NH	p. 103
Flying Home	p. 104
Feminism and Education in a Flat Earth Perspective	p. 106
On taking down an elm	p. 111
Reinventing Darkness	p. 112
The Man from Murphysboro	p. 113
[Je pense aux livres&hellips;]	p. 118
[I think about the books&hellips;]
Automatic Garage Door Opener	p. 120
Of Particle and Wave	p. 121
November	p. 130
edmund somebody	p. 132
Up in the Air and Down	p. 133
Edna Remembers Exactly How It Goes	p. 140
The Inertial Observer	p. 142
Aunt Margaret	p. 143
The Call of the Father	p. 148
Slaying, the Dragon	p. 150
J'aurais crié avec toi	p. 152
I Would Have Cried Out with You
Little Napoleon	p. 156
From Combat to Cocktails on Clock Street	p. 157
The Prince of Fortara and The Flat Earth	p. 160
The Gift of Life at the Wandlyn	p. 166
Harry Forestell: A Man Ahead of Our Time	p. 169
Ode on a North American Desk	p. 172
St. Leonard's Revisited	p. 173
Historic Fredericton	p. 175
Prairie Landscape	p. 178
El Jardín de las Glicinas	p. 180
The Wisteria Garden
Playthings	p. 190
This Body Is Growing a Person	p. 191
On Watch (overheard at the bar)	p. 193
[Je te cherche encore…]	p. 194
[I still look for you…]
Rev. Elvis	p. 196
The German Ball	p. 200
Petersville	p. 208
In a Clearing by This River	p. 209
Warmth in the Cold of a Strike	p. 210
choo choo train	p. 213
The Graduate	p. 214
The Cure	p. 217
Rhodesian for Love (For Rudo, a 150 lb. Ridgeback)	p. 218
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down [excerpt]	p. 219
The Sea Breeze Lounge	p. 223
Acknowledgements	p. 225
Contributors	p. 227
Credits	p. 239
Index to Contributors	p. 245
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