The Tusculum Review is pleased to host visiting writers Robin Lee Lovelace, winner of The Tusculum Review 2025 Fiction Chapbook Prize for her story “Snakebite,” and G. W. Currier, author of “Football Lessons for Life at the End of the World,” for the launch of Volume 21. They’ll be introduced by student editors and read from their work, then be joined by Daeja Sutherland, illustrator of “Snakebite,” to take questions and sign books on Thursday, November 20 at 7 pm in the Behan Arena. Reception to follow.
During the hour-long event, student editors will celebrate other writers and artists featured in the issue, many of whom they interviewed in preparation for author profiles that will appear here in the month of December.
The Behan Arena is on the lower floor of Annie Hogan Byrd at 9 Shiloh Rd., Tuscululum, TN 37745, as seen here on the Tusculum University campus map. Park in the large lot on the side of the building.
This event is free and open to the public. For adults and mature teens.
Press: read more about the issue, its contributors and student editors, here.
Questions? Prof. Kelsey Trom | 423) 636-7300, ext. 5420 | review@tusculum.edu
G. W. Currier‘s fiction, drawn from his Rust Belt childhood and the stories of his Hungarian-American family, has appeared in The Table Review, Saranac Review, Nimrod International Journal, The South Dakota Review, Waxwing, and elsewhere. The recipient of The Tulipán Foundation’s 2025 Arts and Culture Award, which funds Hungarian-Americans influenced by traditional folk-craft, he holds a PhD from Oklahoma State University. After teaching at the University of Debrecen in Hungary through a Fulbright scholarship, he now lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Robin Lee Lovelace is a mixed-race African American author who usually writes short fiction. Robin’s novella, Savonne, Not Vonny, won or was short-listed for numerous awards, including the Etchings Press Novella of the Year in 2019 and the CIBA in 2021. Robin’s short story “Uncle” won the Marguerite McGlinn Short Fiction Award in 2021. Robin was recognized as an honoree by Indiana Humanities for her work in fiction in 2020 and 2024. When Robin is not obsessively revising her most recent story, she is working in her flower garden, cooking Italian food for her husband, or walking her rowdy dog, Lucy.
Daeja Sutherland is an illustrator, comic artist, and writer. She loves exploring cultural, political, and social questions through illustration and writing and has a particular obsession with fantasy creatures like orcs. She works primarily in traditional media: graphite, ink, and watercolor. Daeja is a recent graduate of Parsons School of Design, where she completed her BFA in Illustration with a minor in Fiction Writing. At Parsons, she completed “The Back of the Orchard,” a 20-page graphite and digitally-colored comic, which inspired her to pursue a career in comics and illustration. You can find her on instagram @daejasuthrland and send inquiries to daejasutherland@gmail.com.