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At the age of 50, author Caroline Coleman enrolled at Brooklyn College to pursue a fiction MFA, which she completed in 2018. Now, she’s an adjunct lecturer in the English Department at Hunter College. Caroline recently penned her first children’s picture book, published by Penguin Random House, and is now working on another novel. “I’m really interested in people that society writes off, and how they find their identity and value in the face of stereotypes and negative assumptions — and also in the face of declining health,” she said. |
What her day-to-day job looks like: “I labor away in obscurity. Writing is a solitary, glorious business. It’s also a marathon, not a sprint: much of my time is spent tearing apart what I’ve already written and starting all over again. I’m grumpy on the days I don’t get to write.”
What she emphasizes most when she tells someone she works at CUNY: “I love CUNY. I tell everyone that my students are smart and dedicated. Many are first-generation college students and/or come from other countries. They often live at home, have long commutes and hold down jobs while pursuing their dreams. It’s an honor to come alongside them and help them in any way I can.”
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