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2015 Writers Workshops: July 6-13
July 6
Alex Espinoza – “Building Communities. Building Stories.”
Our opening talk from our Summer 2015 Writers Workshop. Listen to Alex Espinoza’s inspiring invocation.
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July 7
Panel: “Is every novel an historical novel?”
Greg Spatz moderates as Mark Childress, Alex Espinoza, Elizabeth Rosner, and Tiphanie Yanique weigh in on this complex question.
July 7
The Literary Journal Roundtable
Representing Huizache, Santa Monica Review, and ZYZZYVA respectively, Laura Cogan, Dagoberto Gilb, and Andrew Tonkovich discuss the politics, poetics, and future of literary journals.
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July 8
Anne Lamott – “Every Single Thing I Know About Writing.”
Anne Lamott offers practical advice and encouragement for writers.
July 8
Panel: “Coming- or Being-of-Age: YA Language, Content, and POV or Is Every Novel a YA Novel?”
With Elana Arnold, Janet Fitch, Elizabeth Rosner, Pauls Toutonghi, moderated by Peter Steinberg.
July 8
Panel: “Reinventing the Truth – Requirements of Honesty and Artifice in the Essay.”
With Ann Close, Lynn Freed, Andrew Tonkovich, moderated by Leslie Daniels.
July 8
Interview: “The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin
Heyday founder, Malcolm Margolin, interviewed by Andrew Tonkovich.
July 8
Panel: “Research Rapture: How Not to Bore your Readers with Painfully Unearthed Information and Fascinating-But-Irrelevant Facts.”
With Michael Carlisle, John Daniel, Frances Dinkelspiel, Sands Hall,
moderated by Martin J. Smith.