Novelist Susan Stinson Writer in Residence at Forbes Library

 

Fiction-writer and poet Susan Stinson, a resident (fittingly enough) of Northampton, Massachusetts, is completing her next novel, entitled "Spider in a Tree," which, on a basic level, is about Jonathan Edwards, his extended family (including slaves Leah and Saul), and the townspeople. But the work is more than that. It is an effort to enter and understand the minds and hearts of people from another time who a who are caught in webs of relation and belief. The Jonathan Edwards Center is pleased to be able to present excerpts from Ms. Stinson's novel, featuring videotaped readings by the author along with the texts of the selections.

Selected Readings (video)