Sheryl St. Germain directs the MFA program in Creative Writing at Chatham University. Her books include
Going Home,
The Mask of Medusa,
Making Bread at Midnight,
How Heavy the Breath of God, and
The Journals of Scheherazade. She has also published a book of translations of Cajun poet Jean Arceneaux,
Je Suis Cadien. A book of lyric essays,
Swamp Songs: The Making of an Unruly Woman, was published in 2003 and
Navigating Disaster, a collection of Louisiana essays, will be published in 2012.
SCHEDULE
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
House Committee Room 2
Discussion
Between Song and Story: a Conversation about New Forms of the Essay
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
State Library, Capitol View Room
Reading
The Wetlands Panel
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
State Library, Capitol View Room
Discussion
Julie Kane and Sheryl St. Germain
Book Signing
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM