Bookshelf

Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

Party on the Point: Stories of Piedmont People by John Engell ’70

April 10, 2025

Tags Alumni Book

(Short Story America Press, 2024).

This collection features 12 stories (11 of which have been previously published in literary magazines) set in the Piedmont region of the Carolinas. Also included is the first chapter of one of two novels the author has written in the last six years.

As one reviewer noted: “The stories in Party on the Point illuminate connection, heart, and the idea that being a human is no easy task. Written with grace and emotion, John Engell’s stories recall such past masters as Alice Adams and Flannery O’Connor.”