Infinity Publishing, a pioneer in author-originated book publishing, today announced its 11th annual Authors' Conference, set for September 24-26, 2010.
The Infinity Publishing "Gathering of Authors" will take place at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Valley Forge, Penn., directly across from the famous Valley Forge National Park and approximately 30 minutes from the Philadelphia International Airport. Full registration is $695, and includes meals, two nights' lodging at the Radisson, and all conference activities. For complete conference details and to register for the event, please click here to download the online registration form.
"We are pleased to once again operate this year's conference as a not-for-profit event, redirecting all of the registration fees back into the event itself so we can keep the costs to attend as low as possible," said Arthur Gutch, chief executive officer of Infinity Publishing. "At Infinity, we consider our annual gathering of authors an important extension of our commitment to working with authors on an in-depth, personalized basis."
According to Gutch, this year the company is introducing a new scholarship program to defray the costs of attending the event for authors in a recovering economic climate. The top scholarship award is a full registration for the 2010 Authors' Conference, including travel expenses and a complete publishing package. To apply for scholarship consideration, interested authors must go to www.authorsconference.com, download the "Scholarship Application" and answer three essay questions regarding their desire to attend the conference and publish their book.
The Infinity Publishing conference is open to all authors, regardless of how or with whom they have published their books, as well as aspiring writers who are striving to learn more about how to publish their own works. The event will feature keynote speeches from noted industry professionals and a variety of dynamic discussions on timely publishing topics, such as common book promotion challenges and how to leverage the power of social media to increase book sales.
Infinity Publishing provides the opportunity for authors who are seeking to maintain control over the publishing process, to carry out their visions for their books. Infinity currently has more than 4,000 active authors who have collectively published more than 6,000 titles with the company.
Website: http://www.authorsconference.com/
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sept 25 2010 - 2010 National Book Festival - Washington, DC
The 10th Annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will be held Saturday, Sept. 25 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th Streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. As the official book retailer for the event, Borders will have a store in the Book Sales Pavilion, so attendees can quickly and conveniently pick up their books before heading over to the Author Signing Pavilions located nearby.
The event will feature a number of authors including Suzanne Collins, Linda Sue Park, Katherine Paterson, Jane Smiley, Scott Turow and Gordon S. Wood with more to sign on in the coming weeks.
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
The event will feature a number of authors including Suzanne Collins, Linda Sue Park, Katherine Paterson, Jane Smiley, Scott Turow and Gordon S. Wood with more to sign on in the coming weeks.
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
August 10-31 2010 - A Different Kind of Writer'’s Group
Creative writing can help you express emotions through putting your thoughts on paper. Hospice at Home/Lory's Place have partnered with the Box Factory to create a new workshop called A Different Kind of Writer's Group.
Lead by workshop leader and writing coach Barbara Simpson, this four week workshop will encourage writing to get out what is inside of you. Whether it takes the form of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, a play or a song, no one can tell your story but you. Healing can occur through writing and the sharing of that writing. In this safe, confidential and non-judgmental writing group, you will have the opportunity to see writing as an art form which belongs to everyone. Attendance at all four sessions of this workshop is strongly encouraged
This program will take place on Tuesdays, August 10 - 31, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph. There is no charge for this program. Classes are for adults only and size is limited to ten participants on a first-come first-serve basis. Call Lory's Place at 269-983-2707 to register.
Hospice at Home also offers ongoing groups that meet during the evening for adults and children at Lory's Place Grief Healing and Education Center. The groups include regularly scheduled age-appropriate support group sessions that allow children and adults to interact with peers who have suffered similar loss. Groups for children and adults who are anticipating a loss or who have experienced a loss through pregnancy are also available, as well as educational and workplace grief programs. All community bereavement services are provided free of charge thanks to local community contributions.
For more information contact Hospice at Home at 269-429-7100 or 1-800-HOSPICE, or go to http://www.hospiceathomecares.org/ or contact Lory's Place at 269-983-2707 or 1-800-717-3812, or go to http://www.lorysplace.org/.
Lead by workshop leader and writing coach Barbara Simpson, this four week workshop will encourage writing to get out what is inside of you. Whether it takes the form of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, a play or a song, no one can tell your story but you. Healing can occur through writing and the sharing of that writing. In this safe, confidential and non-judgmental writing group, you will have the opportunity to see writing as an art form which belongs to everyone. Attendance at all four sessions of this workshop is strongly encouraged
This program will take place on Tuesdays, August 10 - 31, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at the Box Factory for the Arts, 1101 Broad St., St. Joseph. There is no charge for this program. Classes are for adults only and size is limited to ten participants on a first-come first-serve basis. Call Lory's Place at 269-983-2707 to register.
Hospice at Home also offers ongoing groups that meet during the evening for adults and children at Lory's Place Grief Healing and Education Center. The groups include regularly scheduled age-appropriate support group sessions that allow children and adults to interact with peers who have suffered similar loss. Groups for children and adults who are anticipating a loss or who have experienced a loss through pregnancy are also available, as well as educational and workplace grief programs. All community bereavement services are provided free of charge thanks to local community contributions.
For more information contact Hospice at Home at 269-429-7100 or 1-800-HOSPICE, or go to http://www.hospiceathomecares.org/ or contact Lory's Place at 269-983-2707 or 1-800-717-3812, or go to http://www.lorysplace.org/.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
July 19-24 2010 - New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival Comes To L.A.
Over 600 poets from more than 50 cities will participate in the six-day event, which also will include celebrity guests Common, Rosario Dawson, Hill Harper, and others.
Youth Speaks Inc., the nation's leading spoken word organization, is bringing its 13th Annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival to Los Angeles from July 19 to 24. Convening the top young poets and spoken word artists, aged 13-19, from across the United States and internationally, Brave New Voices 2010 will feature a diverse group of young writers, trendsetters and community and cultural leaders, as well as world-class workshops led by renowned poets and artists. Acclaimed hip-hop artist Common will emcee the event finals, which will be judged by Hill Harper, Rosario Dawson, and other socially conscious celebrities and community leaders. Additionally, entertainment mogul Russell Simmons is producing a compelling new special for HBO about Brave New Voices. As many as 1,000 youth (poets and audience members) from varied parts of the United States and beyond will take part in this one-of-a-kind event.
Having grown bigger each year since its inception in 1998, Brave New Voices presents the voices of 21st Century America and its significant demographic diversity. The festival highlights arts education and performance, local program development and national movement organizing. Through the multiple conference events, workshops, and spoken word competitions, a new generation of artists and leaders can transcend traditional stereotypes by speaking their truths and listening to the truths of others. The 2008 event (and its six-month build up) was filmed by HBO and presented by Russell Simmons as part of a seven-episode series that aired in 2009.
The Grand Slam Finals of the festival will be hosted at the Saban Theater (formerly the Wilshire Theater) on Friday, July 23 at 7:00 p.m.
"Brave New Voices 2010 is going to be a remarkable event that will continue to build our community among an ever-growing number of youth who are returning to literature and reinvesting in education through the power of the spoken word," said James Kass, founder and executive director of Youth Speaks. "This is a special forum that enables a generation of young artists and leaders to speak for themselves and their communities. The ideas espoused through their poetry can help change our world for the better," he added.
Russell Simmons noted, "Brave New Voices is building bridges across radically diverse ethnic, racial and socio-economic lines. This is the future of our global community, and people everywhere should take notice and get involved."
An abbreviated schedule of festival events is listed below:
Monday, July 19, 2010
Opening Ceremonies
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Brave New Leaders Conference
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Brave New Voices Speak Green, featuring Van Jones and Tom Feegel
Quarter-Finals of The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Semi-Finals of The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam
Friday, July 23, 2010
Grand Slam Finals of The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam (at the Saban Theater)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Brave New Teachers Conference
Sponsors for this year's event include the Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Redford Center, US Green Building Council and American Airlines. For more information about Brave New Voices 2010, please visit http://www.bravenewvoices.org/ or contact Jeannine Schechter Jacobi at jeannine@freshpr.net.
Youth Speaks Inc., the nation's leading spoken word organization, is bringing its 13th Annual Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival to Los Angeles from July 19 to 24. Convening the top young poets and spoken word artists, aged 13-19, from across the United States and internationally, Brave New Voices 2010 will feature a diverse group of young writers, trendsetters and community and cultural leaders, as well as world-class workshops led by renowned poets and artists. Acclaimed hip-hop artist Common will emcee the event finals, which will be judged by Hill Harper, Rosario Dawson, and other socially conscious celebrities and community leaders. Additionally, entertainment mogul Russell Simmons is producing a compelling new special for HBO about Brave New Voices. As many as 1,000 youth (poets and audience members) from varied parts of the United States and beyond will take part in this one-of-a-kind event.
Having grown bigger each year since its inception in 1998, Brave New Voices presents the voices of 21st Century America and its significant demographic diversity. The festival highlights arts education and performance, local program development and national movement organizing. Through the multiple conference events, workshops, and spoken word competitions, a new generation of artists and leaders can transcend traditional stereotypes by speaking their truths and listening to the truths of others. The 2008 event (and its six-month build up) was filmed by HBO and presented by Russell Simmons as part of a seven-episode series that aired in 2009.
The Grand Slam Finals of the festival will be hosted at the Saban Theater (formerly the Wilshire Theater) on Friday, July 23 at 7:00 p.m.
"Brave New Voices 2010 is going to be a remarkable event that will continue to build our community among an ever-growing number of youth who are returning to literature and reinvesting in education through the power of the spoken word," said James Kass, founder and executive director of Youth Speaks. "This is a special forum that enables a generation of young artists and leaders to speak for themselves and their communities. The ideas espoused through their poetry can help change our world for the better," he added.
Russell Simmons noted, "Brave New Voices is building bridges across radically diverse ethnic, racial and socio-economic lines. This is the future of our global community, and people everywhere should take notice and get involved."
An abbreviated schedule of festival events is listed below:
Monday, July 19, 2010
Opening Ceremonies
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Brave New Leaders Conference
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Brave New Voices Speak Green, featuring Van Jones and Tom Feegel
Quarter-Finals of The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Semi-Finals of The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam
Friday, July 23, 2010
Grand Slam Finals of The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam (at the Saban Theater)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Brave New Teachers Conference
Sponsors for this year's event include the Ford Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Redford Center, US Green Building Council and American Airlines. For more information about Brave New Voices 2010, please visit http://www.bravenewvoices.org/ or contact Jeannine Schechter Jacobi at jeannine@freshpr.net.
July 17 2010 - National Press Club to 'Beat the Deadline' with 5K Charity Race
The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, goes on the record with its annual "Beat the Deadline 5K," Saturday, July 17, in the heart of the nation's capitol.
"We welcome everyone to have a good time for a great cause," said Richard S. Dunham, president of the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library board. "Our race sponsors and participants play a major role in helping us fulfill our commitment to diversity in journalism and cutting-edge training programs."
The nation's premier race saluting journalists and their news sources attracts national news personalities, media professionals, politicians, and pundits. Among this year's exclusive celebrity lineup are CNN's Jill Dougherty, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, ABC News' Jonathan Karl and Rick Klein, Washington Post 'MisFits' Vick Hallett and Lenny Bernstein, K Street Kate, and ABC/WJLA's Courtney Robinson.
Race marshal and celebrity fitness guru Tony Horton, creator of P90X Extreme Home Fitness, will lead competitors in a pre-race warm up at 7:45 a.m. The race begins at 8:00 a.m. with a route that winds along Pennsylvania Avenue between the National Press Building and the U.S. Capitol. For the first time at this year's event, officials will implement chip timing for race participants.
Race proceeds go to NPC's non-profit Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library to benefit training and scholarships for journalism. Major event sponsors include Bloomberg, C-SPAN, Kiplinger, McGraw-Hill, Roll Call, Texas on the Potomac, P90X, Sysco, Toyota, State Department Federal Credit Union, All American League of Lobbyists, John Farr Lighting Design, NBWA America Beer Distributors, and Quadrangle.
For complete race details and online registration, visit www.press.org/5K. Participants are invited to a post-race Awards Ceremony and breakfast in the National Press Club. Top finalists will receive cash awards, and all registrants are eligible for door prize drawings.
As part of "Beat the Deadline" weekend, Horton will address a National Press Club Speakers Series luncheon at 1:00 p.m., Friday, July 16. The fitness trainer will call for the development of a functional fitness physical training program within the U.S. military. For reservations, contact reservations@press.org or 202.662.7501.
"We welcome everyone to have a good time for a great cause," said Richard S. Dunham, president of the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library board. "Our race sponsors and participants play a major role in helping us fulfill our commitment to diversity in journalism and cutting-edge training programs."
The nation's premier race saluting journalists and their news sources attracts national news personalities, media professionals, politicians, and pundits. Among this year's exclusive celebrity lineup are CNN's Jill Dougherty, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, ABC News' Jonathan Karl and Rick Klein, Washington Post 'MisFits' Vick Hallett and Lenny Bernstein, K Street Kate, and ABC/WJLA's Courtney Robinson.
Race marshal and celebrity fitness guru Tony Horton, creator of P90X Extreme Home Fitness, will lead competitors in a pre-race warm up at 7:45 a.m. The race begins at 8:00 a.m. with a route that winds along Pennsylvania Avenue between the National Press Building and the U.S. Capitol. For the first time at this year's event, officials will implement chip timing for race participants.
Race proceeds go to NPC's non-profit Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library to benefit training and scholarships for journalism. Major event sponsors include Bloomberg, C-SPAN, Kiplinger, McGraw-Hill, Roll Call, Texas on the Potomac, P90X, Sysco, Toyota, State Department Federal Credit Union, All American League of Lobbyists, John Farr Lighting Design, NBWA America Beer Distributors, and Quadrangle.
For complete race details and online registration, visit www.press.org/5K. Participants are invited to a post-race Awards Ceremony and breakfast in the National Press Club. Top finalists will receive cash awards, and all registrants are eligible for door prize drawings.
As part of "Beat the Deadline" weekend, Horton will address a National Press Club Speakers Series luncheon at 1:00 p.m., Friday, July 16. The fitness trainer will call for the development of a functional fitness physical training program within the U.S. military. For reservations, contact reservations@press.org or 202.662.7501.
July 28-31 2010 - Top Industry Insiders Offer Insight And Advice On Getting Published
What writer doesn't dream of seeing his or her work published? Looking to publish your fiction, nonfiction or poetry, but don't know where to begin?
Let published professionals and industry experts show you how at the fourteenth annual Anhinga Writers' Studio 2010 Summer Workshops in Gainesville, July 28-31 at the Hilton University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center. The Anhinga Writers' Studio offers hands-on instruction in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction taught by top authors, editors and agents.
This year's faculty includes pioneering magazine publisher George Hirsch, self-publishing guru Peter Bowerman, and literary agent Anne Hawkins, along with poets, novelists, memoirists and journalists. Join us this year and let your writing take wing!
Website: http://www.anhingawriters.org/
Let published professionals and industry experts show you how at the fourteenth annual Anhinga Writers' Studio 2010 Summer Workshops in Gainesville, July 28-31 at the Hilton University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center. The Anhinga Writers' Studio offers hands-on instruction in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction taught by top authors, editors and agents.
This year's faculty includes pioneering magazine publisher George Hirsch, self-publishing guru Peter Bowerman, and literary agent Anne Hawkins, along with poets, novelists, memoirists and journalists. Join us this year and let your writing take wing!
Website: http://www.anhingawriters.org/
Nov 13-14 2010 - The Third San Francisco Writing for Change Conference
The Third San Francisco Writing for Change Conference has a powerful message for writers: Your books can change the world and we can show you how! This November 13 & 14, 2010 at the Hilton (Financial District), Writing for Change will feature two inspiring keynote addresses and over 30 breakout sessions on writing, publishing, technology and marketing. Attendees will have access to agents and editors who can transform a writer's dream into reality. (http://www.sfwritingforchange.org/)
Authors who write about change in realms as diverse as the environment, spirituality, politics, health, technology, personal growth, business and the economy are encouraged to attend. Information and online registration are available at www.SFwritingforChange.org. Call 415-673-0939 or 925-560-1403. The Hilton Financial District is offering an attendee room rate of $119 (based on availability). Attendance is limited to 150 people.
Authors who write about change in realms as diverse as the environment, spirituality, politics, health, technology, personal growth, business and the economy are encouraged to attend. Information and online registration are available at www.SFwritingforChange.org. Call 415-673-0939 or 925-560-1403. The Hilton Financial District is offering an attendee room rate of $119 (based on availability). Attendance is limited to 150 people.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
National Press Club to Kick Off Summer Documentary Series on July 7
The National Press Club is scheduled to kick off its second annual Summer Documentary Series on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 6:30 PM.
Throughout July and August, the Press Club will host a series of documentary films written and produced by journalists, media affiliates and international film fellows, with particular focus on Freedom of the Press issues.
Opening the event on July 7, the Club will screen documentary films from George Washington University's International Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship, a six-week program that provides 20 international filmmakers the opportunity to create documentaries and cross-cultural dialogue.
A panel discussion, including select fellows and Director of GW's Documentary Center, Nina Gilden Seavey, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and Founding Director and Executive Producer for SILVERDOCS: The AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, will follow the July 7 film screening.
The National Press Club Summer Documentary Series is scheduled to run every Wednesday evening at 6:30 PM from July 7 to August 4, 2010. The events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Press Club, please visit http://www.press.org/.
Throughout July and August, the Press Club will host a series of documentary films written and produced by journalists, media affiliates and international film fellows, with particular focus on Freedom of the Press issues.
Opening the event on July 7, the Club will screen documentary films from George Washington University's International Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship, a six-week program that provides 20 international filmmakers the opportunity to create documentaries and cross-cultural dialogue.
A panel discussion, including select fellows and Director of GW's Documentary Center, Nina Gilden Seavey, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and Founding Director and Executive Producer for SILVERDOCS: The AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, will follow the July 7 film screening.
The National Press Club Summer Documentary Series is scheduled to run every Wednesday evening at 6:30 PM from July 7 to August 4, 2010. The events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Press Club, please visit http://www.press.org/.
New Media Leaders on Tap at Online News Association Conference Oct 28-30 in Washington, D.C.
The Online News Association, the world's largest membership organization of digital journalists, today announced the program for its 2010 Conference & Awards Banquet, the incubator for emerging ideas, media networking and newsroom technology.
ONA10 will officially open Thursday, Oct. 28, with a reception at the historic Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture and end with The Online Journalism Awards Banquet on Oct. 30, celebrating the best in digital journalism.
Among the presenters so far are Bill Alison, the Sunlight Foundation; Anil Dash, Expert Labs; Jim Brady, TBD.com; Qiana Mestrich, Beliefnet; Alicia Shepard, NPR; Andrew Noyes, Facebook; Charles Lewis, Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University; Mark Briggs, Serra Media; Laura Brunow Miner, Pictory; design gurus Roger Black and Jeffrey Zeldman; Tyson Evans, New York Times; David Wright, NPR; Rachel Kaufman, MediaBistro; Marcia Parker, AOL Patch and Chris Barr, Yahoo!.
"There's a reason why our last three conferences have sold out early," said Jane McDonnell, ONA Executive Director. "This is where journalists and their new collaborators come to learn, grow and share excitement and pride in how their profession is evolving."
The pre-conference will kick off at the Marriott Renaissance Downtown Hotel Thursday, Oct. 28, with hands-on digital mentoring and field trips with experts, as well as the third annual Career Summit & Job Fair, and move on to three tracks of journalism, tools and design Friday and Saturday, Oct. 29 and 30. Keynote speakers sharing their visions on media, technology and government will be announced shortly.
New this year: ONA10 J-Camp and Office Hours. Attendees will have a direct line to Google and Twitter geek squads as staff from both companies will be on hand throughout the conference to answer questions and offer tips on how to get the most out of their tools and technology.
Conference sessions will focus on everything from killer apps, mobile, the 10 hottest tech trends, tools for crisis reporting, geolocation, SEO, APIs and Document Cloud to the new investigative journalism partnerships, niche news and the new content providers, news design, data visualization and coding. The program so far is available here; more sessions will be scheduled as ONA keeps an eye on media trends.
To register, or for more information, go to http://www.conference.journalists.org/.
ONA10 will officially open Thursday, Oct. 28, with a reception at the historic Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture and end with The Online Journalism Awards Banquet on Oct. 30, celebrating the best in digital journalism.
Among the presenters so far are Bill Alison, the Sunlight Foundation; Anil Dash, Expert Labs; Jim Brady, TBD.com; Qiana Mestrich, Beliefnet; Alicia Shepard, NPR; Andrew Noyes, Facebook; Charles Lewis, Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University; Mark Briggs, Serra Media; Laura Brunow Miner, Pictory; design gurus Roger Black and Jeffrey Zeldman; Tyson Evans, New York Times; David Wright, NPR; Rachel Kaufman, MediaBistro; Marcia Parker, AOL Patch and Chris Barr, Yahoo!.
"There's a reason why our last three conferences have sold out early," said Jane McDonnell, ONA Executive Director. "This is where journalists and their new collaborators come to learn, grow and share excitement and pride in how their profession is evolving."
The pre-conference will kick off at the Marriott Renaissance Downtown Hotel Thursday, Oct. 28, with hands-on digital mentoring and field trips with experts, as well as the third annual Career Summit & Job Fair, and move on to three tracks of journalism, tools and design Friday and Saturday, Oct. 29 and 30. Keynote speakers sharing their visions on media, technology and government will be announced shortly.
New this year: ONA10 J-Camp and Office Hours. Attendees will have a direct line to Google and Twitter geek squads as staff from both companies will be on hand throughout the conference to answer questions and offer tips on how to get the most out of their tools and technology.
Conference sessions will focus on everything from killer apps, mobile, the 10 hottest tech trends, tools for crisis reporting, geolocation, SEO, APIs and Document Cloud to the new investigative journalism partnerships, niche news and the new content providers, news design, data visualization and coding. The program so far is available here; more sessions will be scheduled as ONA keeps an eye on media trends.
To register, or for more information, go to http://www.conference.journalists.org/.
July 11 - 28 -2010 - Writer's Haven in Taos
Writing the Story of Your Life? Memoir Writing Opportunities Abound at the Taos Summer Writers’ Conference!
And, it’s not too late! A few spaces remain to study with acclaimed writers at this year’s 12th annual Taos Summer Writers’ Conference, taking place July 11-18. Workshops focusing on the craft of memoir, taught by Debra Monroe, Minrose Gwin, Sarah Manguso and Michelle Otero, are still open for registration. These include two weeklong workshops, one weekend workshop and one master class. Workshops are capped at twelve students and take place at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center in Taos, New Mexico.
Weeklong Memoir Workshops:
Advanced Memoir: Challenges and Struggles (Advanced) - Minrose Gwin
For writers at least halfway through a memoir manuscript, the workshop will focus on the unique craft challenges that memoirists tackle. Minrose Gwin’s recent novel, The Queen of Palmyra, was selected by Barnes and Noble for their “Discover Great New Writers” series. She is also the author of an acclaimed memoir about her mother, Wishing for Snow.
The Search for an Orderly Story in the Disorderly Tangle of Memory: Memoir (Intermediate)- Debra Monroe
How do you translate the rich landscape of memory into a written story? This workshop will guide you through the process of discovering tension and building structure around the stories of your life. Debra Monroe’s new memoir, On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain is receiving rave reviews: Vanity Fair listed the book in its Required Reading list, and Oprah’s Magazine, O, will feature the memoir in its August issue. Monroe is also the author of four works of fiction.
Weekend Memoir Workshop:
Writing The New “Normal”: Memoir When Life Happens (All Levels) – Michelle Otero
One challenge of writing about one’s life is that it keeps happening even as you write. So, this workshop focuses onwriting through life’s transitions. Michelle Otero is the author of the essay collection, Malinche’s Daughter, based on her time living in Oaxaca, Mexico. Otero is a former Fulbright fellow and a tenth generation New Mexican.
Master Class:
Memoir - Sarah Manugso
A workshop for writers who have completed a full-length manuscript. You’ll examine your own writing as well as two published works, and discuss the ways in which omission and repetition function in the craft of memoir. The New York Times Book Review named Sarah Manguso’s most recent memoir, The Two Kinds of Decay, an Editor’s Choice. She has also published a story collection and two books of poetry, and has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and a Rome Fellowship among many other honors.
2010 Taos Summer Writers' Conference Schedule of Public Events
All events take place at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center,
1508 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos, New Mexico.
All readings are free and open to the public.
SUNDAY, JULY 11, 8 PM
Cristina Garcia, Keynote Speaker.
Dreaming in Cuban, was a finalist for the National Book Award; The Lady Matador’s Hotel will be released in September.
MONDAY, JULY 12, 5:30 PM
Jon Davis. Full-length collections of poetry include Preliminary Report, Scrimmage of Appetite, and Dangerous Amusements.
John Dufresne. Novels include Louisiana Power & Light, Love Warps the Mind a Little, Deep in the Shade of Paradise, and Requiem Mass.
Priscilla Long. Author of Where the Sun Never Shines: a History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry and The Writer’s Portable Mentor.
Debra Monroe. Author of the memoir On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain and two novels, Newfangled and Shambles.
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 5:30 PM
Jonis Agee. Author of thirteen books, including five novels – Sweet Eyes, Strange Angels, South of Resurrection, The Weight of Dreams, and her most recent, The River Wife.
Jeff Davis. Author of The Journey from the Center to the Page and City Reservoir
Minrose Gwin. Author of a novel, The Queen of Palmyra, and Wishing for Snow, a memoir.
Jesse Lee Kercheval. Author of the memoir Space, the short novel Brazil and the poetry collection Cinema Muto.
WEDNESDAY JULY 14, 5:30 PM
Dorothy Allison is the author of Bastard Out of Carolina; her novel She Who is forthcoming from Penguin
Jane Ciabattari is the author of the short story collection Stealing the Fire and the president of the National Book Critics Circle.
Sarah Manguso. Author of the memoir The Two Kinds of Decay, the story collection Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, and the poetry collections Siste Viator and The Captain Lands in Paradise.
Rob Wilder. Author of two books of essays: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge and Daddy Needs a Drink;
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 5:30 PM
Jill Bialosky. Author of the novels Life Room and House under Snow and poetry collections, Subterranean and Intruder, she is Executive Editor and Vice President at W. W. Norton
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, and is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Summer Wood. Author of the novel Arroyo, her novel Wrecker will be released in Winter 2010.
SATURDAY, JULY 17, 7 PM
Annie Dawid. Author of And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family, Lily in the Desert:
Stories, and York Ferry: A Novel.
Joy Harjo. Author of several poetry books including She Had Some Horses, The Woman Who Fell
From the Sky, and How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems.
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Valerie Martínez. Author of several poetry books including Absence, Luminescent, World to World, A Flock of Scarlet Doves, And They Called it Horizon, and Each and Her.
Daniel Mueller. Author of a collection of stories, How Animals Mate.
Michelle Otero. Author of Malinche's Daughter.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Details available online at: http://www.unm.edu/~taosconf/Workshops/special_events.htm
And, it’s not too late! A few spaces remain to study with acclaimed writers at this year’s 12th annual Taos Summer Writers’ Conference, taking place July 11-18. Workshops focusing on the craft of memoir, taught by Debra Monroe, Minrose Gwin, Sarah Manguso and Michelle Otero, are still open for registration. These include two weeklong workshops, one weekend workshop and one master class. Workshops are capped at twelve students and take place at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center in Taos, New Mexico.
Weeklong Memoir Workshops:
Advanced Memoir: Challenges and Struggles (Advanced) - Minrose Gwin
For writers at least halfway through a memoir manuscript, the workshop will focus on the unique craft challenges that memoirists tackle. Minrose Gwin’s recent novel, The Queen of Palmyra, was selected by Barnes and Noble for their “Discover Great New Writers” series. She is also the author of an acclaimed memoir about her mother, Wishing for Snow.
The Search for an Orderly Story in the Disorderly Tangle of Memory: Memoir (Intermediate)- Debra Monroe
How do you translate the rich landscape of memory into a written story? This workshop will guide you through the process of discovering tension and building structure around the stories of your life. Debra Monroe’s new memoir, On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain is receiving rave reviews: Vanity Fair listed the book in its Required Reading list, and Oprah’s Magazine, O, will feature the memoir in its August issue. Monroe is also the author of four works of fiction.
Weekend Memoir Workshop:
Writing The New “Normal”: Memoir When Life Happens (All Levels) – Michelle Otero
One challenge of writing about one’s life is that it keeps happening even as you write. So, this workshop focuses onwriting through life’s transitions. Michelle Otero is the author of the essay collection, Malinche’s Daughter, based on her time living in Oaxaca, Mexico. Otero is a former Fulbright fellow and a tenth generation New Mexican.
Master Class:
Memoir - Sarah Manugso
A workshop for writers who have completed a full-length manuscript. You’ll examine your own writing as well as two published works, and discuss the ways in which omission and repetition function in the craft of memoir. The New York Times Book Review named Sarah Manguso’s most recent memoir, The Two Kinds of Decay, an Editor’s Choice. She has also published a story collection and two books of poetry, and has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and a Rome Fellowship among many other honors.
2010 Taos Summer Writers' Conference Schedule of Public Events
All events take place at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center,
1508 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Taos, New Mexico.
All readings are free and open to the public.
SUNDAY, JULY 11, 8 PM
Cristina Garcia, Keynote Speaker.
Dreaming in Cuban, was a finalist for the National Book Award; The Lady Matador’s Hotel will be released in September.
MONDAY, JULY 12, 5:30 PM
Jon Davis. Full-length collections of poetry include Preliminary Report, Scrimmage of Appetite, and Dangerous Amusements.
John Dufresne. Novels include Louisiana Power & Light, Love Warps the Mind a Little, Deep in the Shade of Paradise, and Requiem Mass.
Priscilla Long. Author of Where the Sun Never Shines: a History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry and The Writer’s Portable Mentor.
Debra Monroe. Author of the memoir On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain and two novels, Newfangled and Shambles.
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 5:30 PM
Jonis Agee. Author of thirteen books, including five novels – Sweet Eyes, Strange Angels, South of Resurrection, The Weight of Dreams, and her most recent, The River Wife.
Jeff Davis. Author of The Journey from the Center to the Page and City Reservoir
Minrose Gwin. Author of a novel, The Queen of Palmyra, and Wishing for Snow, a memoir.
Jesse Lee Kercheval. Author of the memoir Space, the short novel Brazil and the poetry collection Cinema Muto.
WEDNESDAY JULY 14, 5:30 PM
Dorothy Allison is the author of Bastard Out of Carolina; her novel She Who is forthcoming from Penguin
Jane Ciabattari is the author of the short story collection Stealing the Fire and the president of the National Book Critics Circle.
Sarah Manguso. Author of the memoir The Two Kinds of Decay, the story collection Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, and the poetry collections Siste Viator and The Captain Lands in Paradise.
Rob Wilder. Author of two books of essays: Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge and Daddy Needs a Drink;
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 5:30 PM
Jill Bialosky. Author of the novels Life Room and House under Snow and poetry collections, Subterranean and Intruder, she is Executive Editor and Vice President at W. W. Norton
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, and is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Summer Wood. Author of the novel Arroyo, her novel Wrecker will be released in Winter 2010.
SATURDAY, JULY 17, 7 PM
Annie Dawid. Author of And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family, Lily in the Desert:
Stories, and York Ferry: A Novel.
Joy Harjo. Author of several poetry books including She Had Some Horses, The Woman Who Fell
From the Sky, and How We Became Human, New and Selected Poems.
Pam Houston. Author of two collections of linked short stories, Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat and the novel, Sighthound.
Valerie Martínez. Author of several poetry books including Absence, Luminescent, World to World, A Flock of Scarlet Doves, And They Called it Horizon, and Each and Her.
Daniel Mueller. Author of a collection of stories, How Animals Mate.
Michelle Otero. Author of Malinche's Daughter.
Mark Sundeen. Author of two books of creative nonfiction, Car Camping and The Making of Toro, is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Details available online at: http://www.unm.edu/~taosconf/Workshops/special_events.htm
July 16 - 25 2010 - Fairfield University's MFA in Creative Writing Program
Fairfield University's low residency MFA in Creative Writing, with concentrations in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and screen writing, presents a summer and winter series of public readings by noted authors at Enders Island, where graduate students spend four exciting and rigorous 10-day residency periods during the two-year program.
The readings this summer take place from July 16 through July 25 and begin at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption. Bank Square Books in Mystic is partnering with Fairfield to make the authors' books available, with book signings following the readings. Admission is free and seating, which is limited, will be on a first-come, first serve basis.
Access is by way of Mason's Island Road with signs showing the way to Enders Island.
Friday, July 16
Eugenia Kim's debut novel, The Calligrapher's Daughter ( Holt ), won the 2009 Borders Original Voices award, is a Washington Post Critic's Pick and Best Book for 2009, and a Publishers Weekly First Fiction Pick.
Leila Philip, author of three books, including the award-winning memoir, A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family ( Viking 2001, Penguin 2002 ) which was recently republished by SUNY press as an Excelsior Edition ( 2009 ) with an updated epilogue, photographic essay, and additional historical materials.
Rachel Basch is the author of two novels: The Passion of Reverend Nash ( W.W. Norton ), named one of the five best novels of 2003 by The Christian Science Monitor, and Degrees of Love ( W.W. Norton, Harper Paperbacks ) which was translated into Dutch and German and was a selection of the Hartford Courant's Book Club.
Saturday, July 17
Josip Novakovich, a native of Croatia, has published a novel, April Fool's Day, three story collections ( Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust, Yolk, and Salvation and Other Disasters ) and two collections of narrative essays. His work was anthologized in Best American Poetry, the Pushcart Prize collection, and O. Henry Prize Stories.
Kim Bridgford's books include Undone, Instead of Maps, and In the Extreme: Sonnets about World Records, winner of the Donald Justice Prize. She is working on a three-book poetry/photography project with visual artist Jo Yarrington, focusing on journey and sacred space in Iceland, Venezuela, and Bhutan and was the 2007-08 Connecticut Touring Poet.
Paul Lisicky is the author of Lawnboy and Famous Builder, both published by Graywolf Press. His work has appeared in many anthologies and magazines and he has a novel, The Burning House, from Etruscan Press due out in Spring 2011.
Sunday, July 18
Hollis Seamon is the author of a short story collection, Body Work ( Spring Harbor Press 2000 ), and a mystery novel, Flesh ( Avocet Press 2005 ). Her short stories have appeared in many literary journals and she won the 2009 Al Blanchard award for short fiction.
Wally Lamb, a guest faculty member for the summer with the MFA program, is the author of three New York Times bestselling novels - The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much is True, and She's Come Undone - of which two were Oprah's Book Club selections. Lamb edited Couldn't Keep It to Myself and I'll Fly Away, two volumes of essays from students in his writing workshop at York Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Connecticut, where he has been a volunteer facilitator for the past 10 years. His latest novel, Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story, was published in November of 2009.
Tuesday, July 20
Al Davies, who has published two prize-winning collections of stories ( Rumors from the Lost World and Alone with the Owl ), received two Fulbright awards ( to Indonesia and Slovenia ) and a Loft-McKnight Award of Distinction in Creative Prose. He recently completed a third collection of stories and a novel.
Michael White, director of the MFA program at Fairfield University, is the author of six novels: Beautiful Assassin, just published in March by William Morrow/Harper Collins Soul Catcher, A Brother's Blood, The Blind Side of the Heart, A Dream of Wolves, and The Garden of Martyrs. He is also the author of the story collection, Marked Men, and has published 50 stories in national and literary magazines. He was the founding editor of the American Fiction series and is the fiction editor of Dogwood.
Thursday, July 22
Elizabeth Kirschner has published five books of poetry, most recently, Surrender to Light, Cherry Grove Editions, 2009; and My Life as a Doll, brought out by Autumn House in 2008 and nominated for the Lenore Marshall Prize. She has collaborated with many classical composers who have set her poetry to music for both national and international venues and has three CDs out of her work.
Baron Wormser is the author of seven books of poetry and a poetry chapbook. He is the co-author of two books about teaching poetry and the author of a memoir and a collection of short stories. He directs the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching in Franconia, N.H. and served as poet laureate of Maine from 2000 to 2005.
Da Chen, a Columbia University School of Law graduate who worked for the Wall Street investment banking firm of Rothschilds, Inc., is the author of a memoir, Colors of the Mountain, which was compared to Angela's Ashes and became the object of an intense bidding war among five top New York publishing houses. A New York Times bestseller, it was published in six other languages. His first adult fiction, Brothers, was awarded the Washington Post Best Book of 2006. His next fiction, due out this year, will be published by Crown.
Friday, July 23
Karen Osborn is the author of Patchwork" ( HBJ ), a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Between Earth and Sky ( William Morrow ), and The River Road ( William Morrow/ Harper Collins ). Her poetry has been published in numerous literary journals, anthologies, and magazines.
Sarah Manguso is the author of the memoir, The Two Kinds of Decay, a story collection, Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, and the poetry collections Siste Viator and The Captain Lands in Paradise. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's, the New York Times Magazine, the Paris Review, and three volumes of the Best American Poetry series.
Porochista Khakpour's debut novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects ( Grove/Atlantic ), a New York Times "Editor's Choice," Chicago Tribune "Fall's Best," and 2007 California Book Award winner, is out in paperback. Born in Tehran and raised in Los Angeles, her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader and FiveChapters.com, among others.
Saturday, July 24
Pete Duval's short story collection, Rear View ( Houghton Mifflin ), won the Connecticut Book Award and was a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His work has appeared in a variety of journals including Alaska Quarterly Review, Northwest Review, Exquisite Corpse, and The Sonora Review. He recently completed a historical novel, Election Day, set along the coast of Buzzard's Bay where he grew up.
Joan Connor is a recipient of several awards, including the Barbara Deming Award and a Pushcart Prize, for her short story collection, "History Lessons," and the Riverteeth Award for her collection of essays, "The World Before Mirrors." Her two earlier story collections are: "We Who Live Apart" and "Here On Old Route 7."
Sunday, July 25
Nalini Jones' story collection, What You Call Winter, was published in August 2007 by Knopf. She is a Stanford Calderwood Fellow of the MacDowell Colony, and has recently taught at Columbia University and the 92nd Street Y in New York. For several years she worked in music, helping produce festivals and concert series in New York, Newport, and New Orleans.
Lary Bloom is the author and co-author of several nonfiction books, including The Writer Within, Lary Bloom's Connecticut Notebook, and the memoirs, Letters From Nuremberg ( with Senator Christopher J. Dodd ) and The Test of Our Times ( with former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge ). As one of America's leading Sunday magazine editors for 30 years, he nurtured writers such as Edna Buchanan, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Madeleine Blais, David Hays and Susan M. Dodd. He writes a monthly column for the New York Times and Connecticut magazine.
Bill Patrick's works have been published or produced in several genres: creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, screenwriting, and drama. Saving Troy ( 2005 ) is a creative nonfiction chronicle of a year spent living with the professional firefighters and paramedics of the Troy, N.Y., Fire Department's 1st Platoon, and accompanying them to emergency medical calls, rescues, and fires. His radio play, Rescue, was aired world-wide on BBC 3 in 1997. His book, We Didn't Come Here for This ( 1999 ), is a hybrid of creative nonfiction and poetry.
For more information, visit www.fairfield.edu/mfa or contact Elizabeth Hastings at ehastings@fairfield.edu
The readings this summer take place from July 16 through July 25 and begin at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption. Bank Square Books in Mystic is partnering with Fairfield to make the authors' books available, with book signings following the readings. Admission is free and seating, which is limited, will be on a first-come, first serve basis.
Access is by way of Mason's Island Road with signs showing the way to Enders Island.
Friday, July 16
Eugenia Kim's debut novel, The Calligrapher's Daughter ( Holt ), won the 2009 Borders Original Voices award, is a Washington Post Critic's Pick and Best Book for 2009, and a Publishers Weekly First Fiction Pick.
Leila Philip, author of three books, including the award-winning memoir, A Family Place: A Hudson Valley Farm, Three Centuries, Five Wars, One Family ( Viking 2001, Penguin 2002 ) which was recently republished by SUNY press as an Excelsior Edition ( 2009 ) with an updated epilogue, photographic essay, and additional historical materials.
Rachel Basch is the author of two novels: The Passion of Reverend Nash ( W.W. Norton ), named one of the five best novels of 2003 by The Christian Science Monitor, and Degrees of Love ( W.W. Norton, Harper Paperbacks ) which was translated into Dutch and German and was a selection of the Hartford Courant's Book Club.
Saturday, July 17
Josip Novakovich, a native of Croatia, has published a novel, April Fool's Day, three story collections ( Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust, Yolk, and Salvation and Other Disasters ) and two collections of narrative essays. His work was anthologized in Best American Poetry, the Pushcart Prize collection, and O. Henry Prize Stories.
Kim Bridgford's books include Undone, Instead of Maps, and In the Extreme: Sonnets about World Records, winner of the Donald Justice Prize. She is working on a three-book poetry/photography project with visual artist Jo Yarrington, focusing on journey and sacred space in Iceland, Venezuela, and Bhutan and was the 2007-08 Connecticut Touring Poet.
Paul Lisicky is the author of Lawnboy and Famous Builder, both published by Graywolf Press. His work has appeared in many anthologies and magazines and he has a novel, The Burning House, from Etruscan Press due out in Spring 2011.
Sunday, July 18
Hollis Seamon is the author of a short story collection, Body Work ( Spring Harbor Press 2000 ), and a mystery novel, Flesh ( Avocet Press 2005 ). Her short stories have appeared in many literary journals and she won the 2009 Al Blanchard award for short fiction.
Wally Lamb, a guest faculty member for the summer with the MFA program, is the author of three New York Times bestselling novels - The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much is True, and She's Come Undone - of which two were Oprah's Book Club selections. Lamb edited Couldn't Keep It to Myself and I'll Fly Away, two volumes of essays from students in his writing workshop at York Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Connecticut, where he has been a volunteer facilitator for the past 10 years. His latest novel, Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story, was published in November of 2009.
Tuesday, July 20
Al Davies, who has published two prize-winning collections of stories ( Rumors from the Lost World and Alone with the Owl ), received two Fulbright awards ( to Indonesia and Slovenia ) and a Loft-McKnight Award of Distinction in Creative Prose. He recently completed a third collection of stories and a novel.
Michael White, director of the MFA program at Fairfield University, is the author of six novels: Beautiful Assassin, just published in March by William Morrow/Harper Collins Soul Catcher, A Brother's Blood, The Blind Side of the Heart, A Dream of Wolves, and The Garden of Martyrs. He is also the author of the story collection, Marked Men, and has published 50 stories in national and literary magazines. He was the founding editor of the American Fiction series and is the fiction editor of Dogwood.
Thursday, July 22
Elizabeth Kirschner has published five books of poetry, most recently, Surrender to Light, Cherry Grove Editions, 2009; and My Life as a Doll, brought out by Autumn House in 2008 and nominated for the Lenore Marshall Prize. She has collaborated with many classical composers who have set her poetry to music for both national and international venues and has three CDs out of her work.
Baron Wormser is the author of seven books of poetry and a poetry chapbook. He is the co-author of two books about teaching poetry and the author of a memoir and a collection of short stories. He directs the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching in Franconia, N.H. and served as poet laureate of Maine from 2000 to 2005.
Da Chen, a Columbia University School of Law graduate who worked for the Wall Street investment banking firm of Rothschilds, Inc., is the author of a memoir, Colors of the Mountain, which was compared to Angela's Ashes and became the object of an intense bidding war among five top New York publishing houses. A New York Times bestseller, it was published in six other languages. His first adult fiction, Brothers, was awarded the Washington Post Best Book of 2006. His next fiction, due out this year, will be published by Crown.
Friday, July 23
Karen Osborn is the author of Patchwork" ( HBJ ), a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Between Earth and Sky ( William Morrow ), and The River Road ( William Morrow/ Harper Collins ). Her poetry has been published in numerous literary journals, anthologies, and magazines.
Sarah Manguso is the author of the memoir, The Two Kinds of Decay, a story collection, Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, and the poetry collections Siste Viator and The Captain Lands in Paradise. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's, the New York Times Magazine, the Paris Review, and three volumes of the Best American Poetry series.
Porochista Khakpour's debut novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects ( Grove/Atlantic ), a New York Times "Editor's Choice," Chicago Tribune "Fall's Best," and 2007 California Book Award winner, is out in paperback. Born in Tehran and raised in Los Angeles, her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader and FiveChapters.com, among others.
Saturday, July 24
Pete Duval's short story collection, Rear View ( Houghton Mifflin ), won the Connecticut Book Award and was a finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His work has appeared in a variety of journals including Alaska Quarterly Review, Northwest Review, Exquisite Corpse, and The Sonora Review. He recently completed a historical novel, Election Day, set along the coast of Buzzard's Bay where he grew up.
Joan Connor is a recipient of several awards, including the Barbara Deming Award and a Pushcart Prize, for her short story collection, "History Lessons," and the Riverteeth Award for her collection of essays, "The World Before Mirrors." Her two earlier story collections are: "We Who Live Apart" and "Here On Old Route 7."
Sunday, July 25
Nalini Jones' story collection, What You Call Winter, was published in August 2007 by Knopf. She is a Stanford Calderwood Fellow of the MacDowell Colony, and has recently taught at Columbia University and the 92nd Street Y in New York. For several years she worked in music, helping produce festivals and concert series in New York, Newport, and New Orleans.
Lary Bloom is the author and co-author of several nonfiction books, including The Writer Within, Lary Bloom's Connecticut Notebook, and the memoirs, Letters From Nuremberg ( with Senator Christopher J. Dodd ) and The Test of Our Times ( with former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge ). As one of America's leading Sunday magazine editors for 30 years, he nurtured writers such as Edna Buchanan, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Madeleine Blais, David Hays and Susan M. Dodd. He writes a monthly column for the New York Times and Connecticut magazine.
Bill Patrick's works have been published or produced in several genres: creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, screenwriting, and drama. Saving Troy ( 2005 ) is a creative nonfiction chronicle of a year spent living with the professional firefighters and paramedics of the Troy, N.Y., Fire Department's 1st Platoon, and accompanying them to emergency medical calls, rescues, and fires. His radio play, Rescue, was aired world-wide on BBC 3 in 1997. His book, We Didn't Come Here for This ( 1999 ), is a hybrid of creative nonfiction and poetry.
For more information, visit www.fairfield.edu/mfa or contact Elizabeth Hastings at ehastings@fairfield.edu
July 9 2010 - Literary Magazine Celebrates Relaunch
The Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc. (The IAAS) announced the publication of phati'tude Literary Magazine with its relaunch issue: MULTICULTURALISM: IN SEARCH OF A NEW PERSPECTIVE and its Summer issue, THE LAVENDER ISSUE: LGBT LITERATURE TODAY. Both publications will be available for sale on our website on July 15, 2010 on Amazon.com. Each issue features writers from the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand
The organization is hosting a premiere party at the Bowery Poetry Club on Friday, July 9, 2010, from 7:30 pm to 9:30pm. The literary event, open to the general public, will feature poetry readings, video screenings and other performances by Tara Betts, Timothy Liu, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Jeffrey Perkins, Devi Lockwood, Jon Sands and Jesus Papoleto Melendez. Special guest David Henderson
The $5 Admission will be donated to the Bowery Arts and Sciences, the non-profit arm of the Bowery Poetry Club. Details are available on both websites: http://www.phatitude.org/ and http://www.bowerypoetryclub.com/.
"We encourage lovers of the written word to attend the event, purchase the book ($18 printed, $10 e-book), visit the phati'tude website, make a donation and spread the word to others as a way of supporting contemporary poetry and literature," added Michelle Aragón, Director, Marketing & Communications. "We want everyone to catch phati'tude and pass it on!"
The organization is hosting a premiere party at the Bowery Poetry Club on Friday, July 9, 2010, from 7:30 pm to 9:30pm. The literary event, open to the general public, will feature poetry readings, video screenings and other performances by Tara Betts, Timothy Liu, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Jeffrey Perkins, Devi Lockwood, Jon Sands and Jesus Papoleto Melendez. Special guest David Henderson
The $5 Admission will be donated to the Bowery Arts and Sciences, the non-profit arm of the Bowery Poetry Club. Details are available on both websites: http://www.phatitude.org/ and http://www.bowerypoetryclub.com/.
"We encourage lovers of the written word to attend the event, purchase the book ($18 printed, $10 e-book), visit the phati'tude website, make a donation and spread the word to others as a way of supporting contemporary poetry and literature," added Michelle Aragón, Director, Marketing & Communications. "We want everyone to catch phati'tude and pass it on!"
July 28 - 31 2010 - Anhinga Writers' Studio 2010 Summer Workshops
What writer doesn't dream of seeing his or her work published? Looking to publish your fiction, nonfiction or poetry, but don't know where to begin? Let published professionals and industry experts show you how at the fourteenth annual Anhinga Writers' Studio 2010 Summer Workshops in Gainesville, July 28-31 at the Hilton University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center.
The Anhinga Writers' Studio offers hands-on instruction in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction taught by top authors, editors and agents. This year's faculty includes pioneering magazine publisher George Hirsch, self-publishing guru Peter Bowerman, and literary agent Anne Hawkins, along with poets, novelists, memoirists and journalists. For more information or to register for the conference, visit http://www.anhingawriters.org/, email info@anhingawriters.org, or call (352) 379-8782. Join us this year and let your writing take wing!
The Anhinga Writers' Studio offers hands-on instruction in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction taught by top authors, editors and agents. This year's faculty includes pioneering magazine publisher George Hirsch, self-publishing guru Peter Bowerman, and literary agent Anne Hawkins, along with poets, novelists, memoirists and journalists. For more information or to register for the conference, visit http://www.anhingawriters.org/, email info@anhingawriters.org, or call (352) 379-8782. Join us this year and let your writing take wing!
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