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The following Creative Writing alumni will be reading from their works on Nov. 14:

Mary Carroll-Hackett, currently associate professor of English and director of the Creative Writing program at Longwood University, published "The Real Politics of Lipstick," a book of prose poems (Slipstream Press). http://www.slipstreampress.org/lipstick.html#neanderthal
 
Joseph Horst’s 10-minute play “Calliope” was recently chosen as a finalist in Napa Valley Playhouse’s 8 x 10 Festival of Ten Minute Plays, and will be performed in December at the Napa Valley Playhouse in Napa, CA. "Calliope” is also being performed in October in San Diego, CA at the North Park Playwright Festival.  Horst is a teaching instructor in the ECU English Department. More info: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/engl/profiles/horst.cfm
 
Al Maginnes, who teaches English at Wake Tech Community College, studied creative writing at ECU when he was an undergraduate here in the 1980s. He is the author of nine volumes of poetry, including the award-winning "Ghost Alphabet." His latest book, "Inventing Constellations," was published in October.  Further info: http://www.amazon.com/Al-Maginnes/e/B001K7T2UG
 
Claudine Moreau, currently a lecturer in physics and astronomy at Elon University, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics at ECU, but took creative writing workshops in both poetry and fiction. Her first book of poems, "Dark Machines," has been described as “suburban gothic poetry,” and contains a poem that won first place ($1000) in last year’s Pinch Literary Awards. Her website is http://claudinemoreau.com/; info about the book, including reviews, is at http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Machines-Claudine-R-Moreau/dp/1938045009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331867284&sr=8-1
 
In July, Megan Roberts published Matters of Record, a chapbook of poems based on the lives, crimes, and executions of female Death Row inmates in the U.S.  Roberts, who writes both fiction and poetry, got her M.A. at ECU before going on to NC State for an MFA.  She teaches at Methodist University in Fayetteville.  http://mattersofrecord.me/about-the-poet/
 
Amy Willoughby-Burle took both graduate and undergraduate creative writing courses at ECU in the 1990s. Her first book, a collection of short stories called "Out Across the Nowhere," was published by Press 53 last month. She lives in Asheville, where she works as a freelance editor and edits the journal Blue Lotus Review.  Willoughby-Burle’s website: http://www.amywilloughbyburle.com/