2016 Writers Workshops: July 25 – August 1
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Tom Barbash – “The Germs (of stories, that is): From Where Do Stories Emerge?”
Tom Barbash talks about the sources of stories, and the images and experiences that inspire them.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Panel: “Telling the Truth Through Fiction: Transmuting ‘Real’ Events Into Imaginative Fiction”
With Rhoda Huffey, Joanne Meschery, Victoria Patterson, and Amy Tan – moderated by Jane Ciabattari.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Panel: “The Historical Novel”
With Sands Hall, Edie Meidav, Gregory Spatz, and Mary Volmer, – moderated by Jason Roberts.
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“The Writing Community, Prizes, and the Life of the Writer: Jane Ciabattari in Conversation with Oscar Villalon”
Featuring Jane Ciabattari and Oscar Villalon.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Dava Sobel – “The Construction of a Nonfiction Narrative”
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Panel: “Humor, Voice, Character, and Subtext”
With Mark Childress, Dana Johnson, Anne Lamott, and Matt Sumell – moderated by Andrew Tonkovich.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Panel: “The Heart of the Memoir”
With Anne Lamott, Natalie Serber, and Jane Vandenburgh – moderated by Sands Hall.
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Panel: “Book Editors”
With Reagan Arthur, Erika Goldman, Joy Johannessen, Calvert Morgan, Jack Shoemaker – moderated by Michael Carlisle.
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Panel: “Literary Agents”
With Noah Ballard, Joy Harris, and BJ Robbins – moderated by Joy Johannessen.
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Conversation: “Journals We Edit, Journals We Read”
With Oscar Villalon and Andrew Tonkovich.
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Panel: “You Must Read This: The Narrative Technique Which Stopped You In Your Tracks”
Featuring various staff members reading excerpts and discussing work that influenced their writing.
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Panel: “Adaptation”
With Craig Bolotin, Héctor Tobar, Mark Childress, Nancy Kelly, Amy Tan – moderated by Louis B. Jones
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
Panel: “Silence, Cunning, Exile: The Risks and Rewards of Untraditional Narratives”
With Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Louis B. Jones, Michelle Latiolais – moderated by Andrew Tonkovich
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
Ron Carlson -“The Knowing Character and Other Craft Notes”
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
Panel: “The Craft of Writing the Short Story”
with Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Ron Carlson, Kirstin Valdez Quade, and Elizabeth Tallent – moderated by Thomas Barbash
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
Panel: “Writing Beyond The Conference”
with Victoria Patterson, Rhoda Huffey, Julia Flynn Siler – moderated by Lisa Alvarez
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Monday, August 1, 2016
Amy Tan – “The Closing Talk”