ONEONTA, N.Y. -- As the first installment of the fall semester’s Red Dragon Reading Series at the SUNY College at Oneonta, author Gretchen Legler will present a reading from her work at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 2, in the Craven Lounge of the Morris Conference Center. The reading will be followed by a reception and book signing. Admission to the event is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to attend.
Gretchen Legler, an associate professor in the creative writing program of the University of Maine at Farmington, will read from her most recent book, On the Ice, which focuses on her experiences living in Antarctica. Her work touches on issues such as rural life, homesteading, and sustainable/organic agriculture. On the Ice won the 2007 award for creative non-fiction from the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment.
Essays from her acclaimed book All the Powerful Invisible Things: A Sportswoman’s Notebook have been reprinted in numerous anthologies. The recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, Gretchen Legler has published essays, stories, and reviews in Georgia Review, Indiana Review, Orion, Women’s Review of Books, and other magazines.
More information about Dr. Legler’s reading is available from
Dr.
Daniel Payne of the SUNY Oneonta
Department of English
at (607) 436-3442.
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