Thursday, November 1, 2007
by: Amanda Cox

Poetry-in-the-Round ends the fall season with renowned fiction writer Rebecca Curtis. Her new book, Twenty Grand and Other Tales of Love & Money includes 14 stories of beautifully composed and compelling tales of realism. Come witness the talented Rebecca Curtis on November 6 at 7 p.m. in Jubilee Hall, Auditorium.

Curtis earned her M.A. in English from New York University and her M.F.A. in fiction from Syracuse University. Her pieces have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Harper’s Bazaar, McSweeney’s, Conjunctions, Open City and Jane Magazine. Her short stories have been performed by New York’s Symphony Space series and Chicago’s “Stories on Stage” series.

Curtis is also the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Award and a Saltonstall Grant. She has taught writing in the M.F.A. programs at St. Mary’s College of California and at the University of Kansas. She currently teaches in the writing program at Columbia University.

For more information please contact:
Kathy Coyle
(973) 378-2647
coylekat@shu.edu