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The primary work of the conference is conducted in writing workshops on the novel, short story, poetry, literary essay, memoir, and creative nonfiction. This year’s workshop faculty includes authors of the first rank who are also experienced, accessible teachers, including:
Kaylie Jones, Billy Collins, Elizabeth Strout, Roger Rosenblatt, Meg Wolitzer, Julie Sheehan, Melissa Bank and Matthew Klam.
Workshop size is limited. Sessions meet for three hours on alternate mornings throughout the conference. Remaining mornings are devoted to lectures featuring faculty members and leading authors.
Evening events will feature regular faculty and award-winning visiting authors. In the afternoons, participants may choose from a wide range of elective sessions that include presentations by distinguished editors, publishers, and agents as well as workshops on special topics in writing. Participants will also enjoy a rich schedule of formal and informal social gatherings— author receptions, a softball game, an open-mic night, and other activities. Special events will include a celebratory reading featuring conference authors and an evening of theater.
Recent speakers have included Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott and novelists Joyce Carol Oates, E.L. Doctorow and Tom Wolfe. One-act plays by Roger Rosenblatt, starring Sigourney Weaver and Alan Alda were much heralded last summer.
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Address & Contact
- Street:
- 239 Montauk Hwy
- City:
- Southampton
- State:
- NY
- Zip:
- 11968
- Phone:
- (631) 632-5030
- Website:
- www.stonybrook.edu/writers
- Category:
- University