SUNY Oswego's Living Writers Series is back again this year! Join the English and Creative Writing Department to hear from author Shannon Luders-Manuel on Monday, October 27, from 3 - 4:20 p.m. This is a virtual event.

Shannon Luders-Manuel’s critically acclaimed memoir, "The One Who Loves You: A Memoir of Growing Up Biracial in a Black and White World," explores identity, race, and belonging with honesty and nuance. Her essays and cultural criticism have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, and JSTOR Daily. In addition to her writing, Luders-Manuel works as an editor and sensitivity reader.

"The One Who Loves You" is a coming-of-age memoir about the search for home for a young girl who doesn't fit into the binary of Black or white or the permanency of a steady family unit. The book explores both the unique experience of growing up mixed race and the universality of looking for a place to belong. The quest for an elusive idea of home propels young Luders-Manuel throughout the narrative--in the spaces of religion, friendships, and relationships--ultimately causing us to ask ourselves if finding home is the lighthouse beacon we need for safety and happiness, or if it's something shining inside us.