Three authors on the body\, the heart\, an d the lived experience behind the work. All great art begins with a person &mdash\; someone who has loved\, lost\, doubted\, and dared to create. Dr . Merideth Hite Estevez\, Jeremy Redmon\, and Amanda Black share how their own lives shape what they put on the page and the stage\, then open the f loor to your questions.
\nDr. Estevez is a coach\, oboist\, and auth or of The Artist&rsquo\;s Joy \;and Art Is How God Loves Us. Redmon is a journalist and the author of the memoir Tell the Kids I Love Them\, which draws on his reporting from Iraq and his sea rch to understand his father. Black is a playwright\, a Columbus State gra duate with an MFA in dramatic writing from the University of Southern Cali fornia\, and a Ph.D. student in theatre at Bowling Green State University. Her play Aunt Katrina \;was initially conceived in an Intro to Playwriting course at CSU and will receive a staged reading at the CSU Riverside Studio Theatre on February 19\, 2027.
\nLight refreshments \, book sales\, and signings follow outside the Auditorium. This event is presented as part of the Carson McCullers Literary Festival and is co-spon sored by the Car son McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians at Columbus State Unive rsity.
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