Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 421
5:30 p.m.
This reading is free and open to the public
Appalachian State University faculty member Dr. Suzanne Samples reads from her humorous and heartbreakingly real memoir “Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild,” an account of living, teaching and writing with terminal brain cancer at age 36.
In addition to “Frontal Matter” and the novel “A Mad Girl’s Song” (2016), Samples’ short works have been published by Firewords, Dime Show Review, Cardinal Sins, The Gateway Review, Atlas + Alice and Glassworks Magazine.
Samples grew up in West Virginia, loves roller derby and lives with a menagerie of literary-named pets. She teaches English and Writing in the Department of English, located in the College of Arts and Sciences at Appalachian. She earned a Ph.D. in Victorian Literature from Auburn University.
This event is supported by the Department of English and the College of Arts and Sciences. Contact Dr. Jessica Martell (martelljl@appstate.edu) with any questions.
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The Department of English at Appalachian State University is committed to outstanding work in the classroom, the support and mentorship of students, and a dynamic engagement with culture, history, language, theory and literature. The department offers master’s degrees in English and rhetoric and composition, as well as undergraduate degrees in literary studies, film studies, creative writing, professional writing and English education. Learn more at https://english.appstate.edu.
Book jacket to Dr. Suzanne Samples memoir “Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild.”
Book jacket to Dr. Suzanne Samples memoir “Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild.”