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:: Writers' Workshop

Tentative Schedule

Monday June 15

Monday June 22

 

Week One

Monday, June 15

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Orientation
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Reception
4:40 p.m.
Reading
  Sam Hamill
Marilyn Nelson
Alma Lavarevska

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Tuesday, June 16

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Workshop Classes
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Translation Panel: Martha Collins, Danielle Georges, Sam Hamill, Ban Al Mahfodh, Erica Mena
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Anne Loyer: The Odysseus Project
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Martha Collins "Research into Poetry"

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Wednesday, June 17

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Workshop Classes
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Danielle Georges: Translation Class
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Anne Loyer: The Odysseus Project
2:00 p.m. - 4:30p.m. Sam Hamill : Master Class “Translating Asian Poetry”
5:00 p.m. Reading (on campus)
  Nahid Rachlin
Dragan Dragojlovic
Danielle Georges

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Thursday, June 18

9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Sam Hamill: Master Class “Remembering Rexroth”   
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Danielle Georges: Translation Class
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Anne Loyer: The Odysseus Project
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Bread and Puppet: Political Theatre, Part One
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
 Artists Panel at 12 Farnsworth Street, Boston MA 02210

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Friday, June 19

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Workshop Classes
12:15 p.m. -1:45 p.m.
Jeff Male Memorial Reading
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Women Writers Panel: Lady Borton, Alma Lazarevska, Erica Mena, Ban Al Mahfodh, Demtria Martinez, Hanh Thi Hong Tranh
TBA Reading
  Martín Espada
Demetria Martínez
Nguyen Quan Thieu
Hanh Thi Hong Tranh

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Week Two

Monday, June 22

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Workshop Classes
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Danielle Georges: Translation Class
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Anne Loyer: The Odysseus Project
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Publishing Roundtable
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Master Class: Lloyd Schwartz “How to Read Your Own Work”

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Tuesday, June 23

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. John Deane: “A Potted Poetry Workshop”
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Laren McLung: Presentation
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Bread and Puppet: Political Theatre, Part Two
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Anne Loyer: The Odysseus Project
5:30 p.m. Reading
  John Deane
Martha Collins
Lloyd Schwartz

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Wednesday, June 24

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Workshop Classes
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Student Readings
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Doug Anderson: Master Class
5:30 p.m. Reading
  Lady Borton
Doug Anderson
Taylor Stoehr

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Thursday, June 25

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. John Deane and Fred Marchant: "Religious Poetry: rejection or renewal?"
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Student Readings
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Visiting Fellows Panel: “Writing without Borders” - Alma Lazarevska, Dragan Dragojlovic, Hanh Thi Hong Tranh, Catherine Parnell
5:00 p.m. Reading at Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge
  Fred Marchant
Brian Turner
Bruce Weigl

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Friday, June 26

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Workshop Classes
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Bread and Puppet Performance, Potluck Lunch and Workshop Photo

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