2016 Conference Schedule

thursday, june 23

PART I: THREE-DAY WORKSHOPS

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Registration

1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Workshop Session I

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Advanced Intensive Workshop Session I

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Reception

4:30  6:00 p.m. Legacy Tribute: Inspired Pedagogy, Literary Influence, and the Writing Life presented by Mary Cappello, Beverly SwanMike Lennon, Christina Pugh and Theo Greenblatt

7:00  8:30 p.m. Film Screening of Mother of George Discussion of this film will take place on Friday, 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. with Laura Cahill and Rob Cohen.


friday, june 24

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 12:15 p.m. Registration

9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Workshop Session II

9:00  11:00 a.m. Second Film Screening of Mother of George Discussion to follow at 2:00 pm.

9:00 – 12:00 p.m. Advanced Intensive Workshop Session II

PART II: MAIN CONFERENCE

11:15 – 12:00 p.m. Session I

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch 

12:30 – 1:40 p.m. Featured Reading with Rigoberto González (free and open to the public)

1:40 – 2:00 p.m. Booksigning

2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Session II

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Session III

4:45 – 5:55 p.m. Featured Reading The 21st Century Essay with Margo Jefferson (free and open to the public)

5:55 – 6:10 p.m. Book signing

6:00  7:00 p.m. Conference Participant Reception

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Dinner 

8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Reading with Rachel HarperTalvikki Ansel and Rebecca Walker


saturday, june 25

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Workshop Session III

9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Craft Seminars
(for those registered only for the Main Conference – Part II)

11:15 – 12:15 p.m. Session IV

12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Box lunch

12:30 – 1:15 p.m. The Robert Leuci Memorial Reading with Mary Cappello and Patrick Madden

1:30 – 2:20 p.m. Featured Reading with Julianna Baggott  (free and open to the public)

2:20 – 2:45 p.m. Book signing

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Session V

4:15 – 5:30 p.m. Ocean State Review & Participant Reading

 

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