Award-winning novelist Susan Straight, invited by the department of English, traveled to Southeastern to read excerpts from her National Book Award finalist novel “Highwire window.”
According to Straight, she began writing “Highwire Moon” when she was 19 years old and that her experiences during that part of her life helped shape her as a writer of fiction.
“Part of what it means to be a fiction writer for me is that I grew up in a place that’s really poor, and I still live in exactly the same place,” said Straight. “And I still see a lot of my friends. But the scary part is that the character Larry, in this book, is based on my it.”
Following the presentation, students left the theatre with a different view of both “Highwire Moon” and Straight.
“I enjoyed hearing Straight’s thought process while writing the book,” said Helen Jewell, freshman photography major. “She definitely leads an interesting life and it shows through in the books she