
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 14, 1993                   TAG: 9310140061
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-33   EDITION: METRO 
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PROFESSOR'S BOOK IS FINALIST IN COMPETITION

A collection of short stories, "Mother Rocket," by Rita Ciresi, assistant professor of English at Hollins College, is a finalist in the Los Angeles Times book competition.

"Mother Rocket" also won the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction.

Ciresi's poems and short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines.

She received a bachelor of arts degree in English from New College, a master's in English from the University of Iowa, and a master of fine arts in fiction writing from Penn State. In 1989, she received a master fellowship in fiction writing from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

by CNB