MFA Debra Gwartney edits new book

News release

A compilation by 45 of America's most beloved authors, from Barbara Kingsolver and Jon Krakauer to Joy Williams and Scott Russell Sanders, Home Ground explores the uniqueness of American landscape through the terms and colloquialisms used by people to describe their homelands--"the language of the land," as Gwartney called it.

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BC MFA grad Nicholas Anthony Ascioti featured in the TimesUnion

"When Nicholas Anthony Ascioti of Brunswick tells casual acquaintances he's a composer, he says he often gets a response along the lines of, "Oh, really? My cousin writes songs, too."


"It's not exactly the same thing ... but I hate to sound like a snob," Ascioti says."

When Nicholas Anthony Ascioti of Brunswick tells casual acquaintances he's a composer, he says he often gets a response along the lines of, "Oh, really? My cousin writes songs, too."


"It's not exactly the same thing ... but I hate to sound like a snob," Ascioti says."

Sounds like a BC grad to me!