Debra Curtis is a retired professor of cultural anthropology at Salve Regina University, where she specialized in gender and sexuality. Laws of Love and Logic is her first novel.

Best-selling authors and award-winning writers will present guest readings and craft talks during a week-long summer workshop hosted by Newport MFA, Salve’s master of fine arts in creative writing program. All events are free and open to the Salve Regina community as well as the general public, and anyone interested is encouraged to attend.