She discovered King and her work, and began a dissertation on concepts of liminality - the idea of existing in between two opposing social identities - as a precursor to the modernist movement in American literature. “I’ve always had a deep pull, a connection, to New Orleans as a city it’s an amazing place with its own vibe, its own soul,” Lute said. While earning a master’s degree in English from Austin Peay State University, a professor recommended Lute research female authors from New Orleans, a city to which she was always drawn.
6, in the Visual Arts Gallery in Dearlove Hall.
Lute will read from “Finding Grace & Grit” and speak about the role of research in fiction writing at SUNY Adirondack’s Writers Project at 12:30 p.m. When Lute returned home, she started work on “Finding Grace & Grit,” a dual narrative about a novelized Grace King, a real-life Civil War-era author in New Orleans, and Meredith Mandin, a modern-day fictitious woman writing a dissertation about King. “We say, ‘I’ll be a real whatever when this happens.’ But it’s an internal thing and that’s what I figured out in Bordeaux: You don’t have to have someone else validate you.” “We tend to move the goalposts on ourselves a lot,” said Lute, assistant professor of English at SUNY Adirondack. 30, 2021) - Khristeena Lute was sightseeing in the streets of Bordeaux, France, when a healthy dose of truth hit her: She was the only one who could define herself as a writer.
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Writer to discuss role of research in fiction at SUNY Adirondack lecture series
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