Discipline: Literature – fiction

Richard Galli

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: East Greenwich, RI
MacDowell Fellowships: 2014

Richard Galli worked on his second novel. His second book, Of Rice and Men (Random House 2006), was an affectionately comic novel based on his experience as a Vietnamese interpreter in 1970-71. His first book, Rescuing Jeffrey (Algonquin Books/Workman 2000), is a memoir. In 2007, he was embedded as a freelance writer with Army soldiers performing Civil Affairs missions in Iraq. He has been a litigation lawyer since 1976 and currently practices part-time.

Studios

Schelling

Richard Galli worked in the Schelling studio.

Marian MacDowell funded construction of this studio the year that the organization was established and the first artists arrived for residency. It was called Bark Studio until 1933, when it was renamed in honor of Ernest Schelling, a composer, pianist, and orchestral leader who served as president of what was then called the Edward MacDowell…

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