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Ivan Maisel author of I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye

Author of a Book About Coping with His Son’s Suicide Speaks at Fairfield University

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Fairfield University will host local author Ivan Maisel, whose memoir “I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye: A Memoir of Loss, Grief and Love” was chosen as this year’s Fairfield Public Library “One Book One Town” (OBOT) selection. — an announcement from Fairfield University

In partnership with FairfieldLibrary, Maisel will be speaking about his memoir on Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on the University’s campus. You can register here. “I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye” is an honest, deeply emotional memoir in which the author reflects on the loss of his son, Max, to suicide, the impact of grief on family, and the painful journey that brought Maisel to understand grief is an expression of love. Ivan Maisel is vice president/editorial and senior writer at on3.com and has covered college football for nearly four decades, from 2002-2021 at ESPN. There he wrote for ESPN.com and appeared on television, ESPN Radio, and podcasts.

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Police: Suicidal Man 60, Lights His Jacket on Fire at Darien Train Station

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A 60-year-old New London man who told police he was despondent over the death of his fiancée got off the train at the Darien station last Wednesday and tried to commit suicide by lighting his jacket on fire as he wore it. Instead of death, the result of the attempt were “minor, non-life-threatening injuries,” said police Sgt. Jeremiah Marron, a department spokesman who went to the scene. The man was taken to Stamford Hospital for treatment of his injuries, physical and emotional. A driver on the Post Road, stopped at a traffic light, reported the fire to police shortly before 5 p.m. The caller said that as the man’s jacket was burning he stood on the stairs on the east side of the station (the side closer to Dunkin Donuts) waving his arms. The flames were large.