>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 group that headed out to the Perimeter Trail (the “campus” covers nearly 11,000 acres and so many, many miles of trails), which was a casual but interesting hike. In the afternoon we had another staff reading: Julianna Gray, Michael Griffith and Cecily Parks, followed by the poetry of Greg Williamson.

We also had a book signing party at the University bookstore, which was fun, and then after dinner enjoyed an amazing reading: several scenes from Arlene Hutton’s The Nibroc Trilogy, performed by several amazing actors, including Anson Mount (who has been hanging around the conference), Stefanie Zadravec, Joyce O’Connor, and Arlene Hutton herself. The trilogy is opening soon in LA in rotating repertory and it would be great to see. This was a wonderful treat.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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