The STU Reader

by Philip Lee, Douglas Vipond (Editor), Russell Hunt (Editor), Hermïnïgilde Chiasson, Fred Cogswell

Overview

St. Thomas University has nurtured exemplary people for a century — from its first alighting in Newcastle to its current perch on a Fredericton hilltop. Here, in celebration of St. Thomas's 100th anniversary, is the first-ever collection of fiction, poetry, and prose by the university's most celebrated writers, including David Adams Richards, Sheldon Currie, Leo Ferrari, Sheree Fitch, and Kathy Mac.

Philip Lee's thrumming account of a public auction kicks off the collection. Next up: Sheree Fitch's poem, "Cop," which wends through undercover prostitution and a child's abduction. Hard on its heels: Sheldon Currie's pitch-perfect story from a Nova Scotia coal-mining town. Once you begin, you're sure to read until the entire, delectable volume is consumed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780864926135
Publisher:	Goose Lane Editions
Publication date:	02/19/2010
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Douglas Vipond joined the psychology department in 1977. He taught in the writing program and has published a number of articles and reviews on reading and writing, many of them with Russ Hunt. He co-edited special issues of Poetics and Textual Studies in Canada and has written two books: Writing and Psychology (Praeger, 1993) and Success in Psychology: Writing and Research for Canadian Students (Harcourt, 1996).

Russell A. Hunt joined the English department in 1968. He co-authored K.C. Irving: The Art of the Industrialist (M&S, 1973) and has published journalism and scholarship in a wide range of journals and collections. He was a founder of the alternative journal the Mysterious East and of the Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning. On campus, he participated in the creation of the writing program, the Learning and Teaching Development Office, and the first-year interdisciplinary Aquinas Program.

A journalist, lecturer, and bestselling writer, Philip Lee began his career as an investigative reporter on Canada's east coast. Restigouche emerged from his long-standing interest in rivers and the people who love them. His first book, Home Pool: The Fight to Save the Atlantic Salmon, grew out of his award-winning reporting on the decline of the Atlantic salmon. Lee is also the author of Frank: The Life and Politics of Frank McKenna, a national bestseller, and Bittersweet: Confessions of a Twice-Married Man, which was long-listed for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.

A professor at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Lee developed the Dalton Camp lecture series, broadcast annually by CBC Radio's Ideas and edited The Next Big Thing (a published collection from the lectures). When he is not writing and teaching, Lee spends as much time as he can following the currents of rivers.

Herménégilde Chiasson is one of Canada's most accomplished writer-artists. He is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, over 30 plays, and several collections of essays. A multi-disciplinary artist, he has received numerous awards for his work, including the Governor General's Award for poetry, the Molson Prize, le prix France-Acadie, le Grand prix de la francophonie canadienne, the prestigious Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the Prix littéraire Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.

Fred Cogswell (d. 2004) was a poet, UNB professor, editor, translator, and mentor to many aspiring writers. A long-serving editor of The Fiddlehead and founder of Fiddlehead Poetry Books, he was the author of more than twenty books of verse. With Jo-Anne Elder, he translated Climats and Conversations by Herménégilde Chiasson and edited and translated Rêves inachevés / Unfinished Dreams (Goose Lane, 1990), an anthology of contemporary Acadian poets.

Wayne Curtis was born in Keenan, New Brunswick, on the banks of the Miramichi River. He was educated at the local schoolhouse and at St. Thomas University. He started writing prose in the late 1960s. His essays have appeared in the Globe and Mail, Outdoor Canada, Fly Fishermen, and the Atlantic Salmon Journal.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

Sold! Philip Lee 17

Cop Sheree Fitch 23

Lauchie and Liza and Rory Sheldon Currie 26

Kim Hyo-Sung Chris Weagle 31

Boxing the Compass Al Pittman 33

Remembering SARS Helen Branswell 37

New Waterford Boy Stewart Donovan 43

Parsley and Pink Petunias Gary J. Langguth 45

Isabella, Double-You Be Kathy Mac 46

“I Am a St. John River Person” David Folster 47

Et la saison avance Herménégilde Chiasson 56

And the Season Advances Translation Jo-Anne Elder Fred Cogswell

Giving Up by the Goleta Slough Tony Steele 58

The Dialogue of Socrates with Hero Ian Brodie 59

Fishbones Roger Moore 65

The Mill Was All in Northern New Brunswick Tony Tremblay 67

Yellow Bath Patrick Jamieson 72

Collecting the Stories Carole Spray 74

Elegy for Youth Michael O. Nowlan 90

our love is different Troy Fullerton 91

Fall of '58 Wayne Curtis 92

Amanda's Presents, Returned Kathy Mac 98

Pride in the Name of Love Peter T. Smith 100

Poolside North Conway, NH Doug Underhill 103

Flying Home Tony Steele 104

Feminism and Education in a Flat Earth Perspective Leo C. Ferrari 106

On taking down an elm Andrew Titus 111

Reinventing Darkness Edward Gates 112

The Man from Murphysboro Dan Gleason 113

[Je pense aux livres&hellips;] Paul Chanel Malerifant 118

[I think about the books&hellips;] Marylea MacDonald

Automatic Garage Door Opener Gary J. Langguth 120

Of Particle and Wave Norma Jean Profitt 121

November Vernon Mooers 130

edmund somebody Frederick Mundle 132

Up in the Air and Down Lorna Drew 133

Edna Remembers Exactly How It Goes Sheree Fitch 140

The Inertial Observer Chris Weagle 142

Aunt Margaret Victoria Kretzschmar Eastman 143

The Call of the Father Gary J. Langguth 148

Slaying, the Dragon Patrick Jamieson 150

J'aurais crié avec toi Herménégilde Chiasson 152

I Would Have Cried Out with You Jo-Anne Elder Fred Cogswell

Little Napoleon Kathy Mac 156

From Combat to Cocktails on Clock Street Jill Valéry 157

The Prince of Fortara and The Flat Earth Raymond Fraser 160

The Gift of Life at the Wandlyn Stewart Donovan 166

Harry Forestell: A Man Ahead of Our Time Mark Giberson 169

Ode on a North American Desk Chris Weagle 172

St. Leonard's Revisited Al Pittman 173

Historic Fredericton William A. Spray 175

Prairie Landscape Tony Steele 178

El Jardín de las Glicinas Nela Rio 180

The Wisteria Garden Elizabeth Gamble Miller

Playthings Michael O. Nowlan 190

This Body Is Growing a Person Sheree Fitch 191

On Watch (overheard at the bar) Roger Moore 193

[Je te cherche encore…] Paul Chanel Malenfanc 194

[I still look for you…] Marylea MacDonald

Rev. Elvis Jacqueline LeBlanc 196

The German Ball Patricia Pacey Thornton 200

Petersville Edward Gates 208

In a Clearing by This River Vernon Mooers 209

Warmth in the Cold of a Strike Carla Gunn 210

choo choo train Federick Mundle 213

The Graduate Jennifer Dunville 214

The Cure Troy Fullerton 217

Rhodesian for Love (For Rudo, a 150 lb. Ridgeback) Kathy Mac 218

For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down [excerpt] David Adams Richards 219

The Sea Breeze Lounge Al Pittman 223

Acknowledgements 225

Contributors 227

Credits 239

Index to Contributors 245