From 130 to six, the short list is out for the $50,000 St. Francis College Literary Prize, one of the richest literary awards in the United States. Authors on the 2015 shortlist are: Paul Beatty, The Sellout (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) Maud Casey, The Man Who Walked Away (Bloomsbury USA) Stuart Dybek, Paper Lantern (Farrar, Straus, Giroux) David Gilbert, & Sons (Random House) Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings (Riverhead) René Steinke, Friendswood (Riverhead)

St. Francis College welcomed acclaimed author Franciscan Priest and Poet Murray Bodo to read poems inspired by St. Francis & St. Clare on June 24, 2015.