Megan Culhane Galbraith ’15, Alysse Kathleen McCanna ’15, and Kelly Sather ’15

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Megan Culhane Galbraith ’15, Alysse Kathleen McCanna ’15, and Kelly Sather ’15 will read from their recent books as part of the Writers Reading series.

Megan Culhane Galbraith is a writer, visual artist, and adoptee. Her debut memoir-in-essays is The Guild of the Infant Saviour: An Adopted Child's Memory Book (Mad Creek Books/Ohio State University Press, 2021). Megan's work was listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2021 and 2017 and was recognized by Poets & Writers in their "5 Over 50" issue. She is the 2022 Writer-in-Residence at Adoptees ON. Her essays, interviews, reviews, and visual art have appeared in BOMB, The Believer, Hyperallergic, ZZYZYVA, Tupelo Quarterly, Hobart, Redivider, Longreads, Hotel Amerika, and Catapult, among others. She is the founding director of the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont Young Writers Institute and an alumna.

Alysse Kathleen McCanna is the author of FishWife, published by Black Lawrence Press. Her poetry has appeared in North American Review, The Rumpus, Poet Lore, TriQuarterly, and other journals. She holds a PhD in English from Oklahoma State University, an MFA from Bennington College, and serves as Associate Editor of Pilgrimage Magazine. Alysse is an Associate Professor of English at Colorado Mountain College in the Vail Valley.

Kelly Sather is the author of Small in Real Life (University of Pittsburgh Press, Oct. 2023), her debut story collection and winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. She is a former entertainment lawyer and screenwriter, and her fiction has appeared in Santa Monica Review, J Journal, Pembroke Magazine, PANK, and elsewhere. She grew up in Los Angeles and lives in Washington, D.C.