Time |
Activity |
Saturday, January 2 |
| By 3:30 pm |
Faculty check-in, Inn on Main. |
| 1:00–3:30 pm |
Student check-in and registration, Pell Hall Lobby.
Student/Faculty ID’s made in Campus Safety between 3:00 and
4:30. You will need these for dining hall, residence hall and
library use. Temporary parking permits may also be picked up
from Campus Safety during this time. |
| 4:30-5:30 pm |
New Student Orientation followed by Campus Tour, Stackhouse
Parlor (Wilson Hall). |
| 6:30 pm |
Opening Dinner for students and faculty. ( Private Dining Room,
Gee Dining Hall) |
| 8:00-8:45 pm |
Keynote Reading, Elizabeth Cox, visiting novelist (Barnet Room,
Montgomery Student Center). |
| 9:00-until |
Reception, Sneakers |
Sunday, January 3 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 9:00-10:00 am |
Faculty Meeting at Inn on Main |
| 10:30–12:00 pm |
"Run, Don't Walk: Avoiding the Prosy Poem," Craft Lecture:
Sarah Kennedy Dalton Auditorium (Phifer Hall) |
| 12:00-1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall.
|
| 1:00–3:00 pm |
First meeting with Faculty Mentor and Workshop Writing Group:
Introductions, Schedule and Guidelines
Fiction Workshop, Coker Room, Third Floor of Mickel Library
(Mickel Library Archives)
Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Writing Center, Second Floor of
Mickel Library
Poetry Workshop, Mickel Library 201 |
| 3:30–5:00 p.m. |
“Character, Dialogue, and Place,” Craft Lecture, Elizabeth Cox, Dalton Auditorium |
| 5:30-6:30 p.m. |
Dinner will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 7:30–8:30 p.m. |
Faculty Reading, Nick Carbo and Leslie Pietrzyk, Cleveland Hall |
| 8:30 p.m.-until |
Reception, Sneakers |
Monday, January 4 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast will be available in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 9:00–10:00 am |
Free writing time and/or conferences with faculty mentor (sign up
for meeting) Faculty offices in Mickel Library 310 and 311 |
| 10:30–12:00 pm |
“The Heart of the Heart: Discovering What Your Story (or Novel)
Is About,” Craft Lecture and Q&A with Leslie Pietrzyk, Dalton
Auditorium (Phifer Hall) |
| 11:30-1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 1:00–4:00 pm |
Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
Fiction Workshop, Coker Room, Third Floor of Mickel Library
(Mickel Library Archives)
Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Writing Center, Second Floor of
Mickel Library
Poetry Workshop, Mickel Library 201 |
| 4:30–5:30 pm |
“Figures of Speech, Figures of Mind: Literary Devices in
Environmental Prose.” Nonfiction Craft Lecture, John Lane,
Dalton Auditorium |
| 5:00-6:30 pm |
Dinner will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
7:30–8:30 pm |
Reading, John Lane and Sarah Kennedy, Cleveland Hall |
| 8:30 pm-until |
Reception in Cleveland Hall BYOB |
Tuesday, January 5 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast will be available in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 9:00–10:00 am |
Free writing time and/or Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign
up for meeting) Faculty offices are in Mickel Library 310 and 311 |
| 10:30–12:00 pm |
“Surfacing Pearls: What Makes a Piece of Writing Shine?”
Editing Craft Lecture and Q/A with Tim McKee, Managing
Editor, The Sun Magazine: Dalton Auditorium (Phifer Hall) |
| 11:30-1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 1:00–4:00 pm |
Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
Fiction Workshop, Coker Room, Third Floor of Mickel Library
(Mickel Library Archives)
Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Writing Center, Second Floor of
Mickel Library
Poetry Workshop, Mickel Library 201 |
| 4:30–5:30 pm |
“Working Words: What Emerging Writers Should Know about
the Roles of Editors and Agents,” Panel discussion with editors
Tim McKee, R.T. Smith and Betsy Teter and ICM Literary
Agency representative Niki Castle, Dalton Auditorium |
| 5:00-6:30 pm |
Dinner will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 7:30–8:30 pm |
Faculty Reading, R.T. Smith and Peter Meinke, Cleveland Hall |
| 8:30p.m.-until |
Reception in Cleveland Hall BYOB |
Wednesday, January 6 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast will be available in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 9:00–10:00 am |
Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting) Faculty
offices are in Mickel Library 310 and 311.
New students attend lecture on “Writing the Annotated Critical
Response Essay,” Rick Mulkey and Sarah Kennedy, Mickel
Library 201 |
| 10:30 am-12:00 pm |
“Real toads outside imaginary boxes: a journey into visual and
concrete poetry through the three dimensions of writing,”
Craft Lecture and Q/A with Nick Carbo (Lecture will discuss a brief
history of this multidisciplinary genre to find ways of expanding the
possibilities of words escaping from the static page. There will be some
participatory exercises to produce works/pieces); Dalton Auditorium |
| 11:30-1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 1:00–4:00 pm |
Free writing time |
| 5:00-6:30 pm |
Dinner will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 7:30–8:45 pm |
Optional movie presentation of “New York in the Fifties,”
documentary based on Dan Wakefield’s literary memoir. Q/A
with Dan following. Hartness Auditorium (Carmichael Hall) |
Thursday, January 7 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast will be available in Gee Dining Hall |
| 09:00–10:00 am |
Writing time and or Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for
meeting) Faculty offices are in Mickel 310 and 311 |
| 10:30 am–12:00 pm |
“Location, Location, Locution: Place and Idiom in Short Fiction,”
Craft Lecture & Q/A: R.T. Smith, Dalton Auditorium (Phifer
Hall) |
| 11:30 am-1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 1:00–4:00 pm |
Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
Fiction Workshop, Coker Room, Third Floor of Mickel Library
(Mickel Library Archives)
Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Writing Center, Second Floor of
Mickel Library
Poetry Workshop, Mickel Library 201 |
| 4:30–5:30 pm |
“Writing Poetry and Fiction: A Multi-Genre Approach,”
Lecture/Seminar, Peter Meinke, Dalton Auditorium |
| 5:00-6:30 pm |
Dinner will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 7:30–8:30 pm |
Faculty Reading, Dan Wakefield and Susan Tekulve, Cleveland
Hall |
| 8:30 pm-until |
Reception in Cleveland Hall BYOB |
Friday, January 8 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast available in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 9:00–10:00 am |
Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting) Faculty
offices are in Mickel Library 310 and 311. |
| 10:30–12:00 pm |
“How The Five Senses Can Stimulate Your Writing," Craft
Lecture and Q&A, Dan Wakefield, Dalton Auditorium (Phifer
Hall). |
| 11:30 am-1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 1:00–4:00 pm |
Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
Fiction Workshop, Coker Room, Third Floor of Mickel Library
(Mickel Library Archives)
Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Writing Center, Second Floor of
Mickel Library
Poetry Workshop, Mickel Library 201 |
| 4:30–5:30 pm |
“Bric-a-brac or Subject: The Sound of Sense,” Poetry Craft
lecture and Q/A with Rick Mulkey |
| 5:00-6:30 pm |
Dinner will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 7:30–8:30 pm |
Student Reading, Cleveland Hall |
| 8:30 pm-until |
Reception in Cleveland BYOB |
Saturday, January 9 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast will be available in Sneakers. |
| 9:00–11:00 am |
Conferences with Faculty mentor (sign up for meeting) Faculty
offices in Mickel Library 310 and 311. |
| 11:30–1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 1:00–4:00 pm |
Workshop with Mentor and Writing Group
Fiction Workshop, Coker Room, Third Floor of Mickel Library
(Mickel Library Archives)
Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Writing Center, Second Floor of
Mickel Library
Poetry Workshop, Mickel Library 201 |
| 5:00–6:00 pm |
Student Reading, Mary Black Foundation |
| 6:30 pm |
Dinner at the Inn on Main |
Sunday, January 10 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast will be available in Sneakers. |
| 9:30–11:30 am |
Final Workshop meeting
Fiction Workshop, Coker Room, Third Floor of Mickel Library
(Mickel Library Archives)
Creative Nonfiction Workshop, Writing Center, Second Floor of
Mickel Library
Poetry Workshop, Mickel Library 201 |
| 11:30-1:00 pm |
Lunch will be served in Gee Dining Hall. |
| 1:00 pm |
Deadline for submitting semester study plans to MFA Office
(Ezell 203), and residency evaluations.
Students checking out of residence hall today must vacate room
and return room keys to Ezell 203 by 2:30. |
| 5:00-6:30 pm |
For students checking out on Monday morning, dinner is available
in Gee Dining Hall |
Monday, January 11 |
| 7:30-9:00 am |
Breakfast will be available in Gee Dining Hall for those checking
out today. |
| 10:30 am |
Checkout Pell Hall and return room key to Ezell 203 by 10:30. |
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Faculty for January:
Nick Carbo (poetry)
Sarah Kennedy (poetry)
Leslie Pietrzyk (fiction)
R.T. Smith (fiction)
Susan Tekulve (Nonfiction)
Dan Wakefield (Nonfiction)
Visiting Faculty:
Elizabeth Cox (fiction)
John Lane (nonfiction)
Peter Meinke (poetry)
Visiting Editors/Agents:
Tim McKee (Sun Magazine)
Betsy Teter (Hub City Writers)
Niki Castle (ICM)
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