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I first read Alice Sebold when I took on “The Lovely Bones.” She then had me reading more of her works. There are very few contemporary writers who have that kind of power over writers. Now out with her next, “The Almost Moon,” Sebold tells the after-tale of a daughter killing her mother.

KATHERINE PROCACCI/THE STATESMAN With one-third of the abbreviated spring 2021 season already in the books, the Stony Brook football team has a lot of searching to do after being routed on the road 31-3 by the No. 19 Delaware Blue Hens on Saturday, March 13, falling to 0-2. Redshirt-senior quarterback Tyquell Fields exited the game midway through the second quarter after fumbling the ball, appearing to injure his left hand. He would not return. In his stead, redshirt-sophomore Joshua Zamot took...

KATHERINE PROCACCI/THE STATESMAN Looking to turn the tide from a disappointing 2019 season, the Stony Brook football team returned to the turf on Saturday, March 6 for the 2021 spring season opener at home against the No. 5 Villanova Wildcats. Late miscues sunk Stony Brook in a 16-13 defeat, but the offense struggled to find its footing throughout the game and did not convert a single third down. “We certainly lost the game that way, because in the first half, [Villanova] was 7-for-10 [on thi...