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MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College Announces Summer Schedule


The public is welcome to attend the morning lectures and evening readings in fiction and poetry offered during the Master of Fine Arts Program for Writers� summer residency at Warren Wilson College. Events last approximately one hour. Admission is free. The schedule is subject to change.

For more information, call the MFA Office: (828) 771-3715.

Readings will begin at 8:15pm in the Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel unless indicated otherwise.

  • Thursday, July 2 � 8:00pm
    Lan Samantha Chang, Dana Levin, Peter Orner, James Longenbach, Kevin McIlvoy
  • Friday, July 3
    Joan Aleshire, C.J. Hribal, David Baker, Steven Schwartz, Stephen Dobyns
  • Saturday, July 4
    Maud Casey, Brooks Haxton, Judy Doenges, Heather McHugh, Susan Neville
  • Sunday, July 5 � in Gladfelter, Canon Lounge
    Karen Brennan, Reginald Gibbons, David Haynes, Alan Shapiro, Pablo Medina, Alan Williamson
  • Monday, July 6
    Debra Allbery, Christopher Castellani, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Stacey D�Erasmo, C. Dale Young, Peter Turchi
  • Tuesday, July 7 � no reading
  • Wednesday, July 8
    Graduating student readings: Lisa Hadley, Regan Huff, Tommy Kim, Annie Kim, Billy Lombardo
  • Thursday, July 9
    Graduating student readings: Josh Billings, Mary Jo Thompson, Lenore Myka, Cathleen Williams, Seth Pollins, Nicole Trigg
  • Friday, July 10
    Graduating student readings: Tua Chaudhuri, Christine Fadden, Chloe Martinez, Rachel Howard, Matthew Olzmann, Patricia Sanders
  • Saturday, July 11 � 4:30pm, followed by Graduation Ceremony
    Graduating student readings: Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr., Mathew Specktor, Ginger Murchison, Gabrielle Viethen, Michael Puican
All lectures will be held in the Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel unless indicated otherwise.
  • Friday, July 3, 11:15am - ELLEN BRYANT VOIGT: Double-Double
  • Saturday, July 4, 10:30am - STACEY D�ERASMO: The Space Between: Simultaneity,
  • Sunday, July 5, 10:30am - JAMES LONGENBACH: Tone Poems
  • Monday, July 6, 10:30am - ALAN SHAPIRO: Translation as �Linguistic Hospitality�
  • Wednesday, July 8, 9:00am - MAUD CASEY: Some Aspects of Time in Fiction
  • Thursday, July 9, 9:00am - STEPHEN DOBYNS: Poetic Closure
  • Friday, July 10, 9:00am - JUDY DOENGES: The First-Person Plural in Fiction
  • Saturday, July 11, 9:45am - HEATHER McHUGH: Part and parcel
  • Saturday, July 11, 11:00am - STEVEN SCHWARTZ: Mythic Character in Fiction

(Images and story provided by Warren Wilson.)



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