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Sewanee Writers' Conference -- Day 5

Suddenly, Sunday. Yesterday was a packed day. Some people went out on a bird-watching hike led by Jim Peters. I'd love to do that, but I had preparation work for my workshop and couldn't go. But after breakfast there was a terrific staff reading featuring Erica Dawson, Juliana Gray, and Dan Groves--all wonderful poets.

I also stayed on for Charles Martin's craft lecture which dealt with issues in translation. I found that very interesting and we went through several translations of an ode by H...

Sewanee Writers Conference -- Day 5

Suddenly, Sunday. Yesterday was a packed day. Some people went out on a bird-watching hike led by Jim Peters. I'd love to do that, but I had preparation work for my workshop and couldn't go. But after breakfast there was a terrific staff reading featuring Erica Dawson, Juliana Gray, and Dan Groves--all wonderful poets.

I also stayed on for Charles Martin's craft lecture which dealt with issues in translation. I found that very interesting and we went through several translations of an ode by H...

Sewanee Writers' Conference -- Day 4

The staff at Sewanee do a great job and I'm always happy to see the conference participants show up to hear them read--because they're also such wonderful writers. The first staff reading was Friday morning, with Isabel Galbraith, Carrie Jerrell, and Jake Ricafrente. I don't think they planned this, but there was a religious theme that ran through the poems all three read.

And then we had Beth Henley's craft lecture which was all about how to begin a play, which she accomplished by looking at ...

Sewanee Writers Conference -- Day 4

The staff at Sewanee do a great job and I'm always happy to see the conference participants show up to hear them read--because they're also such wonderful writers. The first staff reading was Friday morning, with Isabel Galbraith, Carrie Jerrell, and Jake Ricafrente. I don't think they planned this, but there was a religious theme that ran through the poems all three read.

And then we had Beth Henley's craft lecture which was all about how to begin a play, which she accomplished by looking at ...

Interview with . . . me -- Eclectica

Mary Akers interviews me in Eclectica

Sewanee Writers' Conference -- Day 3

I'm a little late posting this because there's a problem with the internet connection in the dorm, so I had to wait until I could run over to the library to this. Just as well, I suppose. Meanwhile, I'm also blogging about the conference on the official website, which you can read about here: Sewanee Writers' Conference Blog.

Thursday seemed to start off casually, since the first event wasn't until 10:00am--a panel discussion with Speer Morgan, editor of the Missouri Review, George Core, edito...

Sewanee Writers Conference -- Day 2

Even though I was up pretty late last night, I got up early to take a walk. The path I have taken in years past is Tennessee Avenue out toward "The Cross"--an overlook that makes our altitude up here on the plateau pretty evident. It was a muggy morning, but cool enough, and I had a nice hour's walk.

Then, after breakfast and a little free time for those of us who opted out of the campus tour, we had the first Fellows' reading, featuring Dorothy Fortenberry (playwright), Aryn Kyle (fiction wri...

Sewanee Writers' Conference -- Day 1

I had to drive through torrential rains to get here, but I did get here and it's been kind of non-stop ever since. There was a reception for fellows and faculty at the French House before dinner, then the first reading after dinner, followed by a reception and more fun at the French House. We're off to a great start.

I keep running into people I know, which is a blast.

And the reading tonight, by Robert Hass, was fantastic. He read a lot from his newest book, The Apple Trees at Olema, and it wa...

Sewanee Writers Conference -- Day 1

I had to drive through torrential rains to get here, but I did get here and it's been kind of non-stop ever since. There was a reception for fellows and faculty at the French House before dinner, then the first reading after dinner, followed by a reception and more fun at the French House. We're off to a great start.

I keep running into people I know, which is a blast.

And the reading tonight, by Robert Hass, was fantastic. He read a lot from his newest book, The Apple Trees at Olema, and it wa...