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Award-winning Writer Sue Silverman Speaks at Alma

Nonfiction writer Sue Silverman, whose memoir was made into a television movie, will read from her writings during a presentation at Alma College.

Silverman’s talk begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 in the Alma College Library. Admission is free and open to the public.

Her memoir, Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction, was made into a Lifetime Television original movie and nominated for two PRISM awards by the Entertainment Industries Council.

Her first memoir, Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You, won the Association of Writers and Writing Programs award series in creative nonfiction. 

One of her essays appears in The Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Nonfiction, while others won contests with Hotel Amerika, Mid-American Review and Water~Stone Review.  Her poetry collection is Hieroglyphics in Neon, and a new book, Fearless Confessions: A Writers Guide to Memoir, is forthcoming in June, 2009.

Silverman teaches in the MFA in Writing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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Ninety-four percent of Alma College’s 2011 graduates reported working in full-time positions or attending graduate school within six months of graduation.

 

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Dr. Micheal Vickery

Dr. Micheal Vickery
Departments: Communication

Dr. Micheal Vickery, professor of communication, teaches courses in communication and technology, media and public communication, organizational and intercultural communication, and communication theory and research.