>Sewanee–Day Eight

>As usual, we started with a scholars reading: Greg Downs, Marie Manilla and Ron Riekki. Although Greg and Marie were very good, we’ll all…

>Sewanee–Day Seven

>Back in full swing today after a slow Sunday. The scholars reading at 9am were Jen Chang, Nicola Mason and Cliff Garstang (that would…

>Sewanee–Day Six

>Sundays are a little quieter at Sewanee. People are slow to recover from the Saturday night party, and breakfast starts later. I joined the…

>Sewanee–Day Five

>Today started with more readings by Scholars (Holly Goddard Jones, Peter Levine and Gardner McFall). I missed the rest of the morning activities because…

>Sewanee–Day Four

>We started with another full morning: Scholar readings (Julie Funderburk, Rebecca Kanner and Brendan Mathews), Fellow readings (Josh Bell, Michael Hyde and Tim Wendel)…

>Sewanee–Day Three

>Thursday was full. It began with readings by scholars–Rachel Cantor, Amy Glynn Greacen, Jamie Poissant and Ken Urban–well attended by the conference. Jamie’s story…

>Sewanee Day Two–The First Full Day

>The first full day of conference activities began (not counting my early morning walk down Tennessee Avenue into the woods, a hearty breakfast, and…

>The Beginning

>After checking in, self-orientation, unpacking, the first event was dinner at the Inn, an excellent opportunity to meet people. We all wandered over to…

>Off to Sewanee

>You know this already, but I’m going to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, which starts later today. I’ve got a healthy drive ahead of me,…

>The Dead Fish Museum

>by Charles D’Ambrosio It occurs to me that a book of short stories is as good as the best story in the collection. So…