A hardy crowd of a dozen people braved single-digit cold weather to turn out to hear an entertaining talk by young adult author Steven Parlato.
Parlato, an English professor at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, is the author of “The Namesake,” a too-early coming of age story about Evan Galloway, a 15-year-old who searches for his family’s secrets after his father commits suicide.
He shared tales on how to get published, where he gets inspiration for his writing and how he developed Evan’s story. His appearance was sponsored by the Foundation as part of its Eaton-Dimock-King Authors Series.

Author Steven Parlato

The audience listens to Steven Parlato as he reads from his poetry and his novel.

Young author Steven Parlato