| Local poet, fiction writer, folk singer and songwriter Mary Sanders Shartleis no stranger to the Adirondack literary scene. She was a semi-finalist for a New York State Arts Funding grant, and her chapbook, Notes from the Fire Tower:Three Poets on the Adirondacks(which includes the work of Marilyn McCabe and Elaine Handley), was named Best Book of Poetry by the Adriondack Center for Writing for the year 2004-2005. Her work also won the Blueline's short fiction prize. Her historical novel, The Philosopher's Child, about the fifth child of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, her historical/supernatural novel Between the Two, about a Catholic woman who seeks ehr family's history in Assisi during the German Occupation, as well as her wryly witty chapbook, Advice to the Lovelorn, are currently seeking publishers. | Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7 pm - 9 pm Visual Arts Gallery Dearlove Hall |
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