Nonfiction writer Dionne Ford is the next visiting writer in Stockton University’s series honoring a former professor and poet.<\/p>\n
The Stephen Dunn Visiting Writing Series honors the late Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and educator who died in 2021.<\/p>\n
Ford starts off the spring series with a reading, followed by a signing of her books at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday at the Campus Center Theatre.<\/p>\n
She authored the memoir, \u201cGo Back and Get It,\u201d which was a finalist for the Hurston Wright Foundation Legacy Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The second reading of the spring semester will take place 11:20 a.m. March 18, with two faculty members.<\/p>\n
Jacob Camacho and Nathan Long will be featured alongside recent Stockton graduates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Long teaches creative writing, with a focus on fiction, as well as literature courses and courses for the Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has published stories and essays in more than 100 anthologies and journals including The Sun, Tin House, Glimmer Train, Crab Orchard Review and Story Quarterly. His story \u201cReception Theory\u201d won the 2017 international OWT Story Prize and \u201cArctic\u201d won the 2015 international Open Road fiction award. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Camacho is a Chamoru writer, educator and activist born and raised in Gu\u00e5han, Mariana Islands.<\/p>\n
His short story, \u201cProclamation,\u201d appears in University of Guam\u2019s Storyboard 18, while his short story \u201cHalf-Moon\u201d appears in Philadelphia’s MadHouse Magazine Volume 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Camacho is working on the manuscript for his first book, \u201cTalkBoy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Community members and Stockton students, alumni, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend both free events.\u00a0<\/p>\n