Meet the Author: Catherine McLaughlin

Catherine McLaughlin grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She received her graduate degrees from the University College Dublin and Bowling Green State University. As a graduate student at Bowling Green, Catherine was assigned to be the assistant of writer-in-residence James Baldwin, author of The Fire Next Time. Baldwin mentored McLaughlin and they developed a friendship that lasted the last ten years of his life. McLaughlin taught English and writing for 40 years at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Framingham State University. In 2015 Catherine published a book of poetry called Under a Circus Moon. Blue Collars, set to be published in March 2018, is her first venture into fiction. More...

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