Inspired Fiction at the Semester’s First Writer’s Series Event

Matthew Salesses — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:33:10 +0000

By Kimberly Yennaco and Sandy Sprague On Thursday, February 23, the Creative Writing department of Salem State University held the first Writer’s Series Event of the semester. Writers Matthew Salesses and Margot Livesey shared excerpts from their fiction with the crowd in Marsh Hall. Matthew Salesses began the event by reading from his latest novella, The Last Repatriate, a post-Korean War story about Teddy Dickerson, a POW returned to America, and his personal and political struggles to re-adapt to life …