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 2009: For updated final schedule of events: click here See Faculty and Guest Speakers page for details SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009 1:00 - 5:00 PM Registration 5:00 PM Reception and dinner 8:00-9:30 PM Faculty panel and readings                   MONDAY, JUNE 15-FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009: THE DAILY SCHEDULE         Your manuscript reader will schedule your consultation. 8:00-9:00 AM Breakfast 9:00-10:15 AM Novel: Alexander Chee 10:30 AM Literary Journalism and Memoir: Lis Harris Short Story: Roxana Robinson 12:00-1:15 PM Lunch 1:30 PM Literary Journalism: Alexandra Peers Poetry: Ravi Shankar 3:30-5:00 PM Guest speakers, special events 5:00-6:00 PM Craft workshops: Teaching Fellows 6:00-7:30 PM Dinner 8:00 PM Guest speakers and faculty readings 9:30 PM Informal readings by students and fellows On Friday, June 19, 2009 the conference ends at 2:45 pm.   TOPICS AND GUEST SPEAKERS FOR 2009 Readings of Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction/members of the conference faculty and the teaching fellows New Forms of Story, and Fiction Reading/Amy Bloom Fiction Reading/Andre Aciman The Future of Journalism /Katha Pollitt Documentary Film and Family History/Sadia Shepard Poetry and Translation/Peter Cole New Poetry/Katha Pollitt Graphic Novels, to be announced Blogs and Digital Media/Kit Reed, Alexander Chee and others Innovations in Publishing/Johnny Temple, Ravi Shankar, Abigail Holstein Writing a Book Proposal/Sadia Shepard Working With Your Editor: A Fiction Writers View/Josh Henkin, Lexi Bloom Editors' and Agents' panel/ Lexy Bloom, Julie Barer, Johnny Temple, and others Selecting an MFA Program/Paul Vidich, Lis Harris and others We reserve the right to adjust the program.