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For
writer Jeanine Hathaway, three major transitions occurred in Michigan,
significant enough to keep her identified as a writer in the state
network. In 1963, she entered the Dominican sisterhood in Adrian
and changed her clothes, her name, her way of life. In 1965, in
Detroit, she began a teaching career that continues, out of state,
to this day. After leaving the religious life, she moved to Traverse
City in 1973 as a new wife--another change in name and lifestyle.
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"I
think a lot of my writing comes out of transitions, and the first
huge transition I ever made in my life was when I left Chicago after
high school, and entered the Dominican Order, and our Mother House
was in Adrian, Michigan. So, I was transformed there: changed my
name, changed my habits, literally and figuratively…"
Jeanine
Hathway spoke about her transitory life as nun, mother, student,
teacher, and teacher when she joined Anita Skeen here in East Lansing
on Monday, March 18th, 2002. We discussed her newly published collection
Self as Constellation and her work in prose. Excerpts from
these discussions are presented below. In addition, we are pleased
to feature multimedia presentations of the writer reading several
pieces of her work:
