Matthew Clark Davison, Stacy D. Flood, and Patrick Earl Ryan: February 24, 2022

For this Prose at The Poetry Center event, three friends and SF State alums: Matthew Clark Davison, Stacy D. Flood, and Patrick Earl Ryan each present readings from their newly published books of fiction, then talk with each other and the audience. Matthew Clark Davison is the author of Doubting Thomas (Amble Press, 2021); published in 2021 by Lanternfish Press, The Salt Fields is Stacy D. Flood's first novella; and Patrick Earl Ryan's debut short story collection If We Were Electric was chosen by Roxane Gay as the winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and published in 2020 by University of Georgia Press. The writers provide introductions for one another.

Publisher
DocFilm Institute
Location
The Poetry Center, SF State
Date
2022-02-24
Event Run Time
01:18:10
Contributors
Steve Dickison
Monique Jenkinson
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Stacy D. Flood (00:15:01)

After an introduction by Patrick Earl Ryan, Stacy D. Flood reads from his novella and debut book, The Salt Fields.

Matthew Clark Davison (00:15:15)

Following an introduction by Stacy Flood, Matthew Clark Davison reads from his debut novel, Doubting Thomas.

Patrick Earl Ryan (00:19:11)

After being introduced by Matthew Davison, Patrick Earl Ryan reads a shortened version of the story "Where It Takes Us" from his collection and debut book, If We Were Electric.

Conversation (00:26:37)

Following their readings, Ryan, Davison, and Flood exchange stories from their time as students at San Francisco State, weighing the changes to the city since that time, and to public education. They discuss, among other subjects, the differences between, and preferences for, writing the novel, novellas, and short stories. They talk about new work, currently in progress, and express a shared sense of good fortune and gratitude to their publishers for supporting work that isn't all about commercial gain.

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