Discipline: Literature – fiction

Chris Shortsleeve

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Long Beach, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2012

Chris Shortsleeve worked on his first novel, which is about gangs, sex trafficking, and the legacy of Black Power in Newark, NJ.

Studios

Barnard

Chris Shortsleeve worked in the Barnard studio.

Originally built near MacDowell's Union Street entrance, the Barnard Studio — which was funded by Barnard College music students — was re-located to its current site in 1910. When the small structure was moved, its size was doubled with the addition of a second room. This remodeling, financed by Mrs. Thomas E. Emery of Cincinnati…

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