{"id":137230,"date":"2023-04-06T10:41:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T14:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=137230"},"modified":"2023-04-06T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:00:43","slug":"friends-of-the-libraries-luncheon-to-feature-wright-state-professor-author-erin-flanagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/04\/06\/friends-of-the-libraries-luncheon-to-feature-wright-state-professor-author-erin-flanagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Libraries\u2019 Luncheon to feature Wright State professor, author Erin Flanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Erin Flanagan is a professor of English in Wright State\u2019s College of Liberal Arts.<\/p><\/div>\n

Erin Flanagan, Ph.D., an award-winning author and professor of English<\/a> at Wright State University, will discuss how creativity provides tools to process the world at the Friends of the Libraries\u2019 Annual Luncheon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The luncheon takes place Wednesday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Berry Room of the Wright State University Nutter Center.<\/p>\n

Registration is required<\/a>. The deadline to register is April 19.<\/p>\n

The luncheon costs $30 for Friends of the Libraries members, $35 for non-members and $50 for patron-level tickets, which support the Friends of the Libraries. Lunch is included. Attendees who need accommodations should call 937-775-2380 five business days in advance of the event.<\/p>\n

In her talk, Flanagan will discuss the importance of creativity as a way of thinking about our lives and the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cFiction writing has taught me so much about problem-solving, risk-taking, curiosity and resilience, and I think the same thing can be said of other creative endeavors,\u201d she said. \u201cIn our society, we focus so much on the end result of creativity \u2014 is the story or movie or song or painting any good? \u2014 rather than how the creation of art affects the artist and the tools it gives them to make sense of their lives and grow as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flanagan will examine this concept not just as a writer but also as a teacher. While writing can be a lifelong obsession, Flanagan said that as a faculty member, she only works with her students for a short window of time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll discuss how I\u2019ve changed my pedagogy over the years to foster students rather than just focusing on the stories they write, in hopes of setting them up for a lifetime of creativity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Flanagan won the 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author for \u201cDeer Season<\/a>.\u201d Presented by the Mystery Writers of America, the Edgar Awards celebrate the best mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced each year.<\/p>\n

“Deer Season” was also named a finalist for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery and the Midwest Book Award in Fiction in the Literary\/Contemporary\/Historical category.<\/p>\n

Flanagan published her second novel, \u201cBlackout,\u201d last year, and her next thriller, \u201cCome with Me,\u201d will be released on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n

She has also published two collections of short stories: \u201cIt\u2019s Not Going to Kill You, and Other Stories\u201d and \u201cThe Usual Mistakes.\u201d Her stories have appeared in The Missouri Review, Colorado Review, The Southern Review and Prairie Schooner. She has held fellowships with Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, UCross, and the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences.<\/p>\n

As a faculty member in the School of Humanities and Cultural Studies<\/a> in the College of Liberal Arts<\/a>, Flanagan teaches Introduction to Fiction Writing and Advanced Fiction Writing and special topic courses that include novel writing, narrative time and fiction, and creative nonfiction.<\/p>\n

She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English and her Ph.D. in English with a specialization in creative writing from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.<\/p>\n

Copies of \u201cBlackout\u201d will be available for purchase at the Friends of the Libraries\u2019 Luncheon. The first 25 people who sign up or renew their Friends of the Library membership will receive a free copy of \u201cDeer Season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Friends of the Libraries supports the mission of the Wright State University Libraries to provide quality research services, materials and library spaces for students, faculty, staff and the Miami Valley community. Learn more at libraries.wright.edu\/friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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