
The
19th Annual Writers' Workshop
June 19- 30, 2006
Sponsored by the William Joiner Center for
the Study of War and Social Consequences and the Creative Writing Program
of the University of Massachusetts Boston.
This workshop - open to writers of fiction
and nonfiction, poetry, playwriting and translation - involves one or two
weeks of working sessions and individual consultations with distinguished
writers. The faculty includes Vietnam veterans and others whose lives have
been altered by the experience of war, but applicants with diverse interests
and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Visiting writers will join the teaching staff in a series of readings, seminars,
and panel discussions. Special events held at UMass Boston and at other Boston
locations will be open to both workshop students and the general public. Click
here for the faculty reading series
schedule.
Online Application for Writers' Workshop 2006
This years' faculty includes:
(Click name for class description)
Poetry: Fred
Marchant,
Afaa Michael Weaver, Bruce Weigl,
Macdara Woods
Fiction: Larry Heinemann,
Demetria
Martínez
Translation: Martha Collins
Memoir: Doug
Anderson
Visiting Faculty: Grace Paley,
Carolyn Forche, Brian Turner,
Reggie Gibson, Huu Thinh,
Truong Vu, Taylor Stoehr,
Bob Nichols, Danielle Legros-George,
Lloyd Schwartz, Barbara Lewis
Writer in Residence: Sam Hamill
Special Focus: Writing Communities
Workshops and Symposia on Political
Writing; Reading, Writing, and
Performing in Communities at Risk;
Writing and War; Artists in the World;
Publishing
One-Week Workshops:
Poetry: Martín
Espada - Week 2 (June 26 - 30th)
Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
Please note that this information is subject to change.
Funding from Lannan Foundation, the LEF Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural council have helped to sustain and make the program affordable over the years.
Workshop
Description
Application
and Housing
Information
Online
Application
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Writers'
Bios/Work
Date Modified:
April 19, 2006