“WAILING STATION” ADDED TO SYLLABUS
“Wailing Station”’s setting was inspired by the abandoned whaling station on Deception Island in Antarctica. This shot of the Provincetown dunes covered in snow was the very first thing I saw when I pulled into town in winter of 2010—and all I could think of was how stunningly it matched my mental picture of “Wailing Station”’s landscape. If you’d like to know more about Deception Island, visit here: http://www.ecophotoexplorers.com/antarcticadeception.asp
My short story “Wailing Station,” which was a Toasted Cheese contest winner and was included in a syllabus for a course at Wolfeboro, NH’s Brewster Academy last year, has now been added to the syllabus for Composition II: Introduction to Literature at North Shore Community College in Danvers, Mass.
I don’t think there’s an honor as high, at least for me, as this: one of my short stories is being used as an example in the classroom (“Doors” and “Paisley Surprise” were also added to syllabi last year). Every time I hear something like this, I think my Dad the English teacher would be proud.
Posted on May 10, 2011, in News, Short Stories and tagged North Shore Community College, Wailing Station. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Congrats to you once again! What an honor… you just keep getting better and better. I LOVE the pic of the P-town dunes…. Write on my friend! Gail
Thanks, Gail! Yeah, I love the dunes too — especially when they have snow on them!