Sneed, Madeline Kay
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Episode 03: Madeline Kay Sneed MFA ‘20 on Making it as a Fiction Writer, 2023-03-22
Item — Preservica RG 009.02 Alumni Engagement
Overview
Madeline was on her way to becoming a published author before she completed her MFA. She shares how writing her debut novel, The Golden Season, became a form of liberation for her navigating the intersection of queerness and faith, and how her forthcoming novel, Today, Tonight, Forever, showed the lessons she learned on becoming traditionally published, how she freed herself through writing, and advocating for the LGBTQ+ community personally and artistically. Recorded on March 22, 2023.
Dates:
2023-03-22
If You Want to Know Why I’m Afraid of You, 2019
Item
Identifier: cw_2019fall_sneed_madeline kay.pdf
Overview
"This is a novel about family, faith, and love. Set in the fictional town of Steinbeck, Texas, this story is told through the perspective of a daughter and a father, Emmy and Steve, through the course of a year following their estrangement after Emmy comes out as a lesbian. The novel explores the challenges of reconciling identity and place, faith and expectation, sacrifice and compromise. Ultimately, the novel is focused on love—romantic, familial, and spiritual—and what we must sacrifice...
Dates:
2019