A Meeting of Wills

An Interview with William Giraldi By William Mercier Jr. I was given the amazing opportunity to interview William Giraldi, author of Busy Monsters, a novel that came out at the end of this past summer.  Giraldi was here almost exactly a year ago.  In this interview, I get to talk with him about family, reading, [...]

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“Laura Gives Good Interviews:” Interview with James Shea

Poet James Shea recently spent the day at Chester College of New England. Compass Rose staffer Laura Evans caught up with him after his reading. Laura Evans: Reviews of your work use phrases like, “accessible but not easy.”  In your writing, how do you reconcile the complex and the readable? James Shea: I take a [...]

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“Laura Gives Good Interviews:” Interview with William Giraldi

Writer William Giraldi spent the day at Chester College of New England on November 3. Compass Rose staffer Laura Evans caught up with him between a lecture and his reading. LE: First of all, what do you like to be called?  William has so many nicknames. WG: Well, I write under William Giraldi, but everyone [...]

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“Laura Gives Good Interviews:” Interview with Debra Monroe

Compass Rose staffer Laura Evans sat down with visiting writer Debra Monroe during her recent visit to Chester College as part of the Visiting Artist Symposium and Visiting Writers Series. Laura Evans: I know that in your writing place is a very important theme.  What is it about a certain place that inspires you? Debra [...]

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Interview with Steve Almond

Recently writer Steve Almond spent the day on the Chester College of New England campus and was kind enough to sit down with Compass Rose staffer Laura Evans before his reading. LE: I know you’ve probably talked it into the ground by now, but could you tell us a little bit about your new book, [...]

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Interview with Kevin Keck

“…[B]ooks are going the way of the vinyl record. It’s an aesthetic experience, but not the way most readers are going to get their information. And I hate that because I find so much pleasure in every aspect of a book: the way it feels, the way it smells, the fact that if you drop it in the tub it’s okay. If you drop your Kindle in the tub…” ~ Kevin Keck

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Making Things Happen: An Interview with Lana Z. Caplan

Lana Z. Caplan, a Boston-based film/videomaker, photographer and installation artist, visited Chester College of New England this week as part of the Visiting Artist’s Symposium Lecture Series. Caplan works with super8, found footage, video, interactive projections, and alterative processes photography in her pieces, which explore relationships, mortality and social issues. Caplan grew up in a [...]

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Eric Pinder Interviews and Book Signing

Chester College of New England’s instructor of writing and literature Eric Pinder will be interviewed on Book Swap Café, for Concord TV Channel 22, in a program to be recorded on December 15. He also will be interviewed live on the Arkansas-based internet radio program WeatherBrains on March 29 at 8:30 pm Central Daylight Time [...]

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An Unfiltered Experience : An Interview with Ashley John Pigford

Artist and musician Ashley John Pigford visited Chester College of New England this week as part of the Visiting Artist Symposium Lecture Series. Compass Rose staffer Jen Bailey had a chance to speak to him about his work. Jen Bailey: How did you come into this unusual sort of work? Ashley John Pigford: I am [...]

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An Interview with Fred Lynch

For more than twenty years, Fred Lynch has been an educator freelance illustrator, creating magazine covers, book jackets and website designs with his distinctive and humorous style, blending realism with imagination. But hearing him describe what he does, you wouldn’t think it was work. Lynch recently spoke about his work and experience in the field [...]

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