D.K. Mccutchen to Celebrate Launch of Newest Novel, “Jellyfish Dreaming,” At Odyssey Books on Aug. 22

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Deborah McCutchen, senior lecturer II in the College of Natural Science at UMass Amherst and co-associate director of the Junior Year Writing Program, will launch her latest novel, “Jellyfish Dreaming,” at Odyssey Books in South Hadley on August 22 at 7 p.m.

“Jellyfish Dreaming” is a LGBTQIA friendly, post-apocalyptic, gender-bending coming-of-age story that contemplates the tenacity of life and the capacity of hope, and has been awarded a  Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize.

McCutchen is also re-releasing her first book, “Whale Road,” (Jackleg Press) a creative nonfiction account of a journey on a research vessel that follows an old whalers’ hunting ground through the South Pacific. McCutchen will be reading from “Whale Road” at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 at Broadside Books in Northampton.

This story was originally published by the UMass News Office at https://www.umass.edu/news/article/dk-mccutchen-celebrate-launch-newest-novel-jellyfish-dreaming-odyssey-books-aug-22