CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Faculty Members and Seminars
Seminars are led by award-winning writers who are also generous teachers.
Each member of the conference faculty leads a daily seminar, usually including
a short lecture, discussion, and (optional) writing exercises. You are welcome
to attend as many of these sessions as you like. We suggest that you attend
one seminar regularly and visit several of the others. See the schedule below,
as well as the
Faculty and Guest Speakers page.
Manuscript consultations and informal
conferences
If you register for a consultation, a faculty member or teaching fellow will
meet with you privately to discuss your work. Sign up on the registration
form.
During the week teaching fellows are also available to talk with you
informally.
Time for Writing
Some people attend every event; others reserve part of each day for writing.
Arrange your day in the way that suits you best. You will find quiet work spaces
in the dorms and libraries and rolling lawns across the campus.
Guest Speakers
Speakers will talk about the writer's craft and, during the publishing panel,
about the process of getting your work into print. See the schedule below.
Also see Faculty and Guest Speakers page.
Conference Schedule for 2008:
See Faculty
and Guest Speakers page for details
SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2008
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1:00 - 5:00 PM |
Registration |
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5:30 PM |
Reception and dinner |
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8:00 - 9:30 PM |
Faculty panel and readings |
MONDAY, JUNE 16 - FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008:
THE DAILY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Your choice of seminars each day
Manuscript consultations are scheduled by the faculty |
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9:00 - 10:15 AM |
Literary Journalism/Jonathan Schell
The
Novel/Alexander Chee |
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:45 |
Short Story/Roxana Robinson
Literary Journalism & Memoir/Lis Harris |
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Noon - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30 - 2:45 |
Poetry/Ravi Shanker
Fiction Techniques/Josip Novakovich
Literary Journalism/Katha Pollitt |
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3:30 - 5:00 |
Guest Speakers, Special Events |
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5:00 - 6:00 |
Special Sessions and workshops, student readings |
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6:00 - 7:30 |
Dinner |
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8:00 |
Guest speakers and faculty readings |
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9:30 |
Informal readings by fellows and students |
TOPICS AND GUEST SPEAKERS FOR 2008
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Fiction Readings/Jess Row, Ha Jin |
Translation and Movement/Eiko Otake |
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New Poetry/Ravi Shankar |
Master Classes & Special Events |
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Graphic Novels/Paul LaFarge |
Poets, to be announced |
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Writing a Memoir: Memory, Fact, Imagination/Honor Moore |
Editors and Agents/Denise Roy, Daniel Mandel, Julie Barer, Esmond
Harmsworth |
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Writing About Social Issues/Roya Hakakian |
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Long-Form Nonfiction/William Finnegan |
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Freelance Writing/Alexandra Peers |
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New Publishing/ Multimedia Forms/Johnny Temple, Amanda Stern |
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Agents and Publishing: Publishing in the Digital Age/John Kulka |
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Padraic Colum Lecture: New Fiction/Robert Stone |
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Fellows Workshop Topics to be announced |
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We reserve the right to adjust the program. |
Your manuscript reader will schedule your consultation.
The Conference ends at 2:45 PM on Friday, June 20, 2008.
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