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2011 Sweet Briar Creative Writing Conference
Schedule of Events
Thursday, April 7th
11:00-1:00
Registration—Wailes Conference Center Main Lobby
Check-In at Elston Inn (pending room availability)
11:30-1:30
Lunch, Prothro Dining Hall
1:30
Welcome and Introductions
Boxwood Room, Wailes Conference Center
2 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Workshop 1
Carrie Brown (Fiction 1): Beemer Lounge, Elston Inn
Aja Gabel (Fiction 2): Patio Room C, Conference Center
Dave Griffith (Nonfiction): Elston Lounge, Elston Inn
John Casteen (Poetry 1): Wailes Courtyard Lobby, Conference Center
Julia Kudravetz (Poetry 2): Patio Room D, Conference Center
Leah Green (Poetry 3): Wailes Lounge, Conference Center
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Dinner, Prothro Dining Hall
8:00-9:00
Poetry Reading: Sandra Beasley and John Casteen
Boxwood Room, Conference Center
9:15
Spoken Word Event: Rana Tuggle and Daniel Custodio
Robertson Lounge, Fitness & Athletics Center
Friday, April 8th
7:00-9:30
Breakfast, Prothro Dining Hall
10:20-11:05
11:15-12:00
Craft Talks, Wailes Lounge:
John Casteen, “The Absent Subject: Speaking from the Background”
Aja Gabel, “Genre Creep: What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Poetry”
12:00-1:30
Lunch, Prothro Dining Hall
2:00-4:30
Workshop 2
5:00-6:30
Dinner, Prothro Dining Hall
8:00-9:30
Reading: Dave Griffith (nonfiction) and Alexander McLeod (fiction)
Boxwood Room
Saturday, April 9th
8:30-10:30
Breakfast, Prothro Dining Hall
10:20-11:05
11:15-12:00
Craft Talks, Wailes Lounge
Dave Griffith, “Bearing Witness: Affecting the Political and Spiritual Landscape through Nonfiction”
Brigid Hughes and John Casteen, “The Writer as Public Intellectual”
12:00-1:30
Lunch, Prothro Dining Hall
2:00-4:30
Workshop 3
5:30-6:30
Dinner, Prothro Dining Hall
7:30-8:30
Reading: Leah Green (poetry), Julia Kudravetz (poetry) and Aja Gabel (fiction)
Wailes Lounge
8:45-9:30
Panel: The Writing Life: Grad School, Publishing, Editing, Teaching
Boxwood Room
Sunday, April 10th
Prior to 10:30
Check out of Elston Inn
9:30-10:30
Breakfast, Prothro Dining Hall
10:20-11:05
11:15-12:00
Craft Talks, Wailes Lounge
Leah Green, “Concrete in the Wilderness: Grounding the Abstract in Poetry and Place”
Julia Kudravetz, “Violets Are Blue: Understanding Forms and Formalism”
12:00-1:00
Lunch, Prothro Dining Hall
(Note: sign in for lunch only if you did not sign in for breakfast)
2:00
Closing
Boxwood Room
