>Sewanee Writers’ Conference

>
If you’re looking for a writers’ conference for this summer, you can’t do better than the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, which this year will be July 17-29. The lineup is outstanding again this year. In fiction they’ve got Richard Bausch and John Casey coming back (I worked with them in 2004 and 2006, respectively), as well as Jill McCorkle and Claire Messud (who co-taught with Bausch and Casey those years), as well as Randall Kenan, Tony Early, Diane Johnson and Alison Lurie. The poetry and playwriting faculty are also outstanding.

I’m also a fan of Bread Loaf, but this post was prompted by the arrival in today’s mail of the Sewanee brochure, so it’s on my mind.

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.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.