Elizabethtown College Assistant Director of Academic Advising, Curtis Smith is publishing his seventh novel and 15th published book, “Deaf Heaven,” which is set to release this May.
“I’m always thankful that a publisher liked my work enough to give it a home,” Smith said. “This is my seventh novel and 15th published book – and while the process has become easier, I don’t want to keep writing the same thing or the same way, so with ‘Deaf Heaven,’ I challenged myself to approach a new kind of topic in a new way.”
“Deaf Heaven” is a story about Jason Driscoll, who gets away with murder, but, in the process, loses his soul and everything else he held dear. After he hits rock bottom, he struggles to redeem himself. When he saves a child from a riptide, the boy, in return, saves Jason from his past.
Smith will be offering a reading from “Deaf Heaven,” followed by a discussion with Elizabethtown College Director of the English Creative Writing Program and Lecturer in English, Erica Dolson on April 14 at the Bowers Writers House. The night will also include a book signing as well as a chocolate fondue reception.
In addition to his books, Smith has published more than 125 stories and essays in literary journals and magazines, and his work has been cited by The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The Best American Spiritual Writing, The Best Small Fictions, The Best Microfictions, and the WW Norton anthology New Micro. Smith also teaches sections of first-year composition, first-year seminar, and creative writing to Etown students.
