Jim LaBate, a recently retired member of the college community, has been awarded the 2021 Maria Thomas Fiction Award, for books dealing with the Peace Corps experience.
Jim’s 2020 novel, Streets of Golfito, is a semi-autobiographical work that flows from his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica during the 1970s.
A retired writing specialist in the college’s Writing and Research Center, he is the author of numerous other works of fiction and non-fiction. While on staff at the college, he was a regular columnist in the Hudsonian and hosted “HVCC Reads,” a group reading event that brought noted authors to campus. He received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award in 2018. He currently writes a blog on Medium.
Congratulations, Jim!
Published: Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:00:28 +0000 by e.bryant