Author Event: Stephanie Carpenter Moral Treatment

Join us with author Stephanie Carpenter, to hear her talk about her new book: Moral Treatment a novel, which was inspired by the State Hospital in Traverse City. 

In 1889, seventeen-year-old Amy Underwood is committed to a psychiatric hospital in northern Michigan. Feeling abandoned by her loved ones, she finds solace in her friendship with a spirited fellow patient, Letitia. Yet as Amy becomes more comfortable at the hospital, she faces a troubling reality: not everyone will leave this place.

Hear more about Stephanie's novel by joining us in person (no registration required) or virtually by zoom. Join the event via Zoom HERE 

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Stephanie Carpenter is a native of Traverse City, Michigan, and grew up exploring the then-vacant State Hospital that inspired Moral Treatment. She is the author of Missing Person: Stories, which won the 2017 Press 53 Award in Short Fiction; her work has also appeared in journals including Copper Nickel, Ecotone, The Missouri Review, Big Fiction, and Witness. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Michigan Technological University.