Matthew Sturdevant, MALS '08 Honored in Recent Publication

An article written by Matthew Sturdevant, MALS '08, which explores the experience of LGBTQ+ individuals who grew up in the rural North Country of New York State, has been recognized in the latest publication by Ken Tingley. 

"The Last American Newspaper" is a collection of stories covered by reporters of The Post Star in Glens Falls, N.Y., and celebrates the battle that is investigative journalism in small-town America. Chapter 5 of Tingley's text explores Sturdevant's article, "Growing Up Gay," which the author describes as a "feat of journalism that took months of reporting, and was published at a time when California was still under Proposition 22 (March 2000), which defined marriage as between a man and a woman." The strong reactions that followed the article's publication highlight the central purpose of Tingley's book: to demonstrate how/why the work of writers operating in small towns is both inspirational and necessary, as they are often the watchdogs of a community. 

Sturdevant tells our office that, "although this article was written before I attended the MALS program at Dartmouth, the MALS program refined me into the writer I am today." Congratulations to Matthew for this great honor!

To purchase Tingley's text, click here. 

To read Sturdevant's article, click here.