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On Thursday, April 20, Vauhini Vara joined professor of English and National Book Award-winning author Phil Klay as a part of the Inspired Writers Series, a companion series to Fairfield’s low residency MFA...

The end of the semester is fast-approaching which means it is almost time to relax, unwind and enjoy the summer vacation. And what better way to relax and unwind than with a good book? Though you may be...

The Regina A. Quick Center for The Arts welcomed author Ivan Maisel on Tuesday, March 28 to speak about his book “I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye: A Memoir of Loss, Grief and Love”. The heartwrenching...

I’ve always been a pretty strong reader–I remember in elementary school, my teachers started giving me the harder 8th-grade level books because I was flying through stories so fast. That being said,...

Though we have seen some beautiful weather these past few weeks, the promise of Spring is still a month away. Fortunately, winter’s cold and dreary weather provides the perfect excuse to cozy up with a good...

As part of the Quick Center’s Inspired Writers Series, author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton spoke with professor Phil Kay about her new book during an event on Thursday, Feb. 16. The virtual talk focused on her...

When I heard the news that Veronica Roth, the “New York Times” bestselling author of the “Divergent” series, was coming to Fairfield University to promote her newest book, I immediately purchased a...

Summer is fast approaching and the excitement that surrounds this season is already kicking in: more free time, trips to the beach, long summer nights and seeing friends from home. However, my favorite summer...

I’ve been called a “dirty feminist” and enough offensive words against my gender to charge up a small motor that runs on fragile masculinity. Thus, I’ve read a lot of phenomenal “woman power,”...

Last year I wrote an essay on the Native American Cinderella story. In its most recent rendition, it was published as a children’s picture book called “The Rough Faced Girl” by Rafe Martin. In the...