Schedule
Monday, June 23 2008
8:00-8:30 a.m. – Sign In, Reid Castle
8:30-9:00 a.m. – General Session, West Room
9:00 a.m.-Noon – Writing Workshops
Noon-1:00 p.m. – Barbecue Lunch
1:00-2:30 p.m. – Workshop: “Placing Your Personal Essay” (Susan Hodara)
3:00-4:00 p.m. – Workshop: “The Blog: Resistance Is Futile, Will You Be Assimilated?” (Ron Hogan)
5:00-6:00 p.m. – Faculty Readings/Book Signing: (Alice Elliott Dark & Terese Svoboda)
7:00-8:00 p.m. – Faculty Readings/Book Signing (Patricia Gauch & Jim Weikart)
Tuesday, June 24 2008
9:00 a.m.-Noon – Writing Workshops
Noon-1:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00-3:00 p.m. – Editors & Agents Panel
3:00-4:30 p.m. – Workshop: “Rock & Awe: How to Capture an Audience with your Words” (Patricia Smith)
4:30-5:30 p.m. – “Theme and Meaning in Fiction” (John Herman)
7:00-8:00 p.m. – Special Reading: Paul Rieckhoff
Wednesday, June 25
9:00 a.m.-Noon – Writing Workshops
Noon-1:00 p.m. – Barbecue Lunch
1:30-2:30 p.m. -- Workshop: “Art of Translation: How One Language Speaks through Another” (Sally Bliumis-Dunn)
2:30-3:00 -- Poetry Reading: Bliumis-Dunn & Pilkington
3:30-4:30 p.m. – Workshop: “Teacher on the Bookshelf: Learning Effective Poetry and Prose Writing through Reading” (Kevin Pilkington)
7:30-8:30 p.m. – Keynote Speaker: Nan Talese
Thursday, June 26 2008
9:00 a.m.-Noon – Writing Workshops
Noon-1:00 p.m. – Lunch or Open Mike/Brown-Bag Lunch
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Faculty Reading/Book Signing (Major Jackson & Rachel Cohen)
3:00-4:30 p.m. – “Beginning the Submission Process: Getting to Know the Journals” (Karen Sirabian)
7:30-8:30 p.m. – Student Readings
Friday, June 27 2008
8:30-9:00 pm – General Session
9:00 a.m.-Noon – Writing Workshops
Individual Conferences wil be scheduled with workshop leaders.
LATE EVENINGS ARE GENERALLY FREE FOR WRITING OR GROUP MEETINGS.
Meals and snacks may be purchased in the Cafe.