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 1:00 - 5:00 PM Registration, Fauver dormitory 5:30 PM Reception 6:00 PM Dinner 7:45 PM Advice about using computers and printers on campus      John Hammond, director of the ITS Help Desk   8:30 PM Welcome/Introduction of Faculty and Fellows        9:30 PM Readings at Broad Street Books Thisbe Nissen, Fellow in Fiction Jeff Thomson, Fellow in Poetry                      MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008: THE DAILY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Your choice of seminars each day Manuscript consultations are scheduled by the faculty 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 - 10:15 AM The Novel Alexander Chee 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:45 Short Story/Character Development in Fiction Roxana Robinson Literary Journalism Alexandra Peers Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch 1:30 Poetry Ravi Shankar Literary Journalism and the Personal Essays Katha Pollitt Fiction Techniques Josip Novakovich 3:30 Writing a Memoir: Memory, Fact, Imagination Honor Moore 5:00 Craft Talks Thisbe Nissen, Fellow in Fiction Fiction Through Artifacts, or How to Justify a Love of Accumulating Junk Jeffrey Thomson, Fellow in Poetry The House from the Field: Away from a Definition of the Poetic Image                              6:00 - 7:30 Dinner 8:00 Robert Stone reading New Fiction     **Open to the Public: 190 Film Studies Center    9:30 Readings  Michael Rosovsky, Fellow in Fiction Sadia Shepard, Barach Fellow in Nonfiction                                                                                                    TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008: THE DAILY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Your choice of seminars each day Manuscript consultations are scheduled by the faculty 8:00 AM Breakfast, 9:00 - 10:15 AM The Novel Alexander Chee 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:45 Short Story/Character Development in Fiction Roxana Robinson Literary Journalism Alexandra Peers Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch 12:15-1:30 Graphic Novels Paul LaFarge 1:30 Poetry Ravi Shankar Literary Journalism and the Personal Essays Katha Pollitt Fiction Techniques Josip Novakovich 3:30 Writing Biography Lisa Cohen 5:00- 6:00 Ellen Sussman, Rand Richards Cooper , Dan Pope reading from their anthology Dirty Words                                          6:00 - 7:30 Dinner 8:00 Faculty Reading: Alexander Chee, Katha Pollitt, Josip Novakovich                                                              9:30 Student readings                                                       WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008: THE DAILY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Your choice of seminars each day Manuscript consultations are scheduled by the faculty 8:00 AM Breakfast, 9:00 - 10:15 AM The Novel Alexander Chee 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:45 Short Story/Character Development in Fiction Roxana Robinson Literary Journalism Alexandra Peers Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch 1:30 Poetry Ravi Shankar Literary Journalism and the Personal Essays Katha Pollitt Fiction Techniques Josip Novakovich 3:30 Long-Form Nonfiction William Finnegan 5:00- Craft Talks Michael Rosovsky, Fellow in Fiction A Peek Behind the Curtain: An Editor's Take On Publication In Literary Magazines Sadia Shepard, Barach Fellow in Nonfiction, The Art of Reduction: Writing the Memoir Proposal, or Getting Your Family Down on Paper                                          6:00 - 7:30 Dinner 8:00 Faculty Reading: Alexandra Peers, Ravi Shankar, Roxana Robinson                                                  9:30 Student readings                                                       THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008:                  ONE-DAY FESTIVAL THE DAILY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Your choice of seminars each day Manuscript consultations are scheduled by the faculty 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 - 10:15 AM Master Classes, Writing Fiction Jess Row 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:45 Myths of the Writer's Block Roya Hakakian Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch 12:15-1:00 Conversation with Elizabeth England, editor, Epiphany magazine 1-30-2:45 Movement, Language, and Themes of Mourning Eiko Otake Freelance Writing Alexandra Peers                                                  3:00 The New Publishing World/Editors' Views Opening remarks by John Kulka: Publishing in the Digital Age                                                                                               Johnny Temple, Jay Baron Nicorvo, Amanda Stern 4:30 Agents and Editors Denise Roy, Dan Mandel, Esmond Harmsworth, Julie Barer                                                  6:00 - 7:30 Dinner 8:00 Keynote event honoring the poet Padraic Colum, a founder of the conference Andre Aciman **Open to the Public: 190 Film Studies Center Late Evening see bulletin board in Usdan for information                                                     FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008:                THE DAILY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Your choice of seminars each day Manuscript consultations are scheduled by the faculty 8:00 AM Breakfast 9:00 - 10:15 AM The Novel Alexander Chee 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:45 Short Story/Character Development in Fiction Roxana Robinson Literary Journalism Alexandra Peers/Sadia Shepard, Fellow   Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch 1:30-2:45 Poetry Ravi Shankar Literary Journalism and the Personal Essays Katha Pollitt Fiction Techniques Josip Novakovich     The conference ends at 2:45 PM on Friday     TOPICS AND GUEST SPEAKERS FOR 2008 Fiction Readings/Jess Row, Ha Jin Translation and Movement/Eiko Otake New Poetry/Ravi Shankar Master Classes & Special Events Graphic Novels/Paul LaFarge Poets, to be announced Writing a Memoir: Memory, Fact, Imagination/Honor Moore Editors and Agents/Denise Roy, Daniel Mandel, Julie Barer,  Esmond Harmsworth Writing About Social Issues/Roya Hakakian   Long-Form Nonfiction/William Finnegan   Freelance Writing/Alexandra Peers   New Publishing/ Multimedia Forms/Johnny Temple, Amanda Stern   Agents and Publishing: Publishing in the Digital Age/John Kulka   Padraic Colum Lecture: New Fiction/Robert Stone   Fellows Workshop Topics to be announced   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.