UNCW - Department of Creative Writing

2008–09
2007–08
2006–07
2005–06

2008–2009 Academic Year
Thirsty Tome featuring Virginia Holman	Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 7 p.m. Randall Library
Clyde Edgerton book release for The Bible Salesman	Thursday, September 4, 2008 7 p.m. Pomegranate Books (4418 Park Ave.)
Holocaust: A Literary Remembrance chapbook release and reading by contributors Philip Gerard, Robert Siegel, and Mike White	Thursday, September 11, 2008 7 p.m. Cameron Art Museum (3201 South 17th Street)
Clyde Edgerton reading from The Bible Salesman	Friday, September 12, 2008 2 p.m. Two Sisters Bookery (318 Nutt Street in The Cotton Exchange)
AWP Benefit Reading featuring Lisa Zeidner	Thursday, September 25, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111
MFA student reading	Thursday, October 9, 2008
Peter Trachtenberg Reading	Thursday, October 16, 2008, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
MFA Halloween reading featuring Kara Norman, Rochelle Hurt, Douglass Bourne, Rachel Schmidt, Carmen Rodrigues, and Becky Germain	Friday, October 31, 2008, 8 p.m. 1919 Market Street ($10 donation supports Ecotone)
Writers Week	November 3–7, 2008 various locations
MFA Thesis Reading featuring Liz Demeo, Beth James, Chris Malpass, Jennifer Shepherd, and Jessica Smith	Thursday, November 20, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111
BFA Thesis Reading	Monday, December 1, 2008 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
BFA Thesis Reading	Tuesday, December 2, 2008 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
Publishing Laboratory Student Chapbook Exhibition & Talk	Thursday, December 4, 2008, 6 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
MFA student reading	Friday, December 5, 2008
Buckner Lecturer Susan Cheever sponsored in partnership with the Department of English	Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 7 p.m. Lumina Theater
Pressing South: A Juried Exhibition of Letterpress Printing from the Southeastern United States sponsored in partnership with the Department of Art & Art History and The Publishing Laboratory	Artist talk with juror Frank Brannon Thursday, Febraury 19, 7 p.m. Cultural Arts Building 2033 February 19–March 27 Opening Reception: Friday, February 20, 5–7 p.m. Cultural Arts Building
Visiting Writer Melanie McGrath	Thursday, February 26, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
MFA Thesis Reading featuring Joe Bueter, Alison Harney, Tim Conrad, Kara Norman, and Jen Weathers	Thursday, March 5, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
MFA Thesis Reading featuring Heather Nichols, Jenny Prendergast, Douglass Bourne, and Kate Sweeney	Thursday, March 19, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
Zelda Lockhart Reading	Wednesday, March 25, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
MFA Thesis Reading featuring Dan Camacho, David Harris-Gershon, and Lukis Kauffman	Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
David Quammen Reading	Monday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Kenan Auditorium
Lavonne Adams reading from her new book Through the Glorieta Pass, winner of the 2007 Pearl Poetry Prize	Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
MFA students Daniel Nathan Terry and Carmen Rodrigues read from their recently published books, Capturing the Dead (National Federation of State Poetry Societies Press) and Not Anything (Berkley Trade)	Friday, April 17, 5 p.m. Kenan Hall courtyard (Kenan 1111, in case of rain)
Bob Reiss on "Publishing in an Economic Downturn"	Monday, April 20, 2 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
Flash Fiction Book Release, Awards & Reception	Wednesday, April 22, 7 p.m. Randall Library Auditorium
BFA Thesis Reading featuring Bunn, Boyle, Doyle, Hagans, Haywood, Snavely	Tursday, April 23, 9:30 a.m. Kenan Hall courtyard
BFA Thesis Reading featuring Barnes, Dixon, Johnson, Loops, McNutt, Watt	Tuesday, April 28, 5 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
BFA Thesis Reading	Tuesday, April 28, 7 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111

2007–2008 Academic Year
A. Van Jordan Reading	Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111 7 pm, reception follows
MFA 'Absurd Love Love' Reading Event	Thursday, February 14th, 2008 ERA Art Gallery on 3rd & Castle, downtown 7 pm
Writers Week	Monday, February 25th - Friday, February 29th, 2008
London Calls: A Reading Event	Monday, March 10th, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111 7 pm, reception follows
MFA Thesis Reading, featuring: Moore, Slacks, Parker, Walsh, Biello	Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111 7 pm, reception follows
Bald Head Island Creative Writing Retreat	Friday, March 14th - Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Mark Cox Reading sponsored by CRW GSA and AWP	Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111 7 pm, reception follows
SCRAP: A Writers' Art Exhibition	April 1st - April 13th, 2008 Bottega Art Gallery & Wine Bar, 208 N. Front Street, downtown Wilmington Artists' Reception - Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 7-10p.m. (snacks, wine bar, live music)
Elizabeth Kostova Reading	Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111 7 pm, reception follows
MFA Thesis Reading, featuring: Chitescu, McNeil-Manasco, Ronfeldt, Malpass, Carlyle, Bond, Mott	Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111 7 pm, reception follows
MFA Thesis Reading, featuring: Bjorklund, Shepherd, Wentworth, Hudson, Robon, Miller	Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Kenan Hall 1111 7 pm, reception follows
The Bottle Chapel at Airlie Gardens: A Tribute to Minnie Evans Reading and Signing with Virginia Wright-Frierson & Susan Taylor Block	Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Pomegranate Books 7 pm
MFA Thesis Reading to include: Liz Demeo, Renee Dixon, Lauren Hodges, Sumanth Prabhaker, Jillian Olenik	Thursday, December 6, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 7 pm
BFA Thesis Reading	Thursday, November 29, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 7 pm
Haven Kimmel Reading	Thursday, November 15, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 7 pm
John Updike Reading	Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Kenan Auditorium 8 pm (free, tickets required)
Choice readings by: Janet Ellerby, Kimi Faxon Hemingway, and Ashley Talley	Thursday, October 18, 2007 Clocktower Lounge, Fisher Student Center 7 pm
MFA Alumni Reading to include: Derek Nikitas, Kirsten Holmstedt, Cindy Ramsey, and Dawn Radford	Thursday, October 11, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 7 pm
Mike SagerReading	Tuesday, October 2, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 7 pm
MFA First-Year Reading to include: Rachel Jenkins, David Johnson, David St. John, Erin Sroka, Daniel Terry	Thursday, September 27, 2007 Pomegranate Books 4418 Park Avenue, Wilmington 7 pm
David Gessner Reading	Thursday, September 13, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 7 pm
MFA Student Reading to include: David Harris-Gershon, Jennifer Shepard, Lukis Kauffman, Hillary Wentworth, and Janie Miller	Thursday, September 6, 2007 Bottega Art & Wine Gallery 208 N. Front Street, Downtown Wilmington 7 pm
Thirsty Tome featuring MFA alum Brad Land	Wednesday, August 29, 2007 First Floor, Randall Library 7 pm
2006–2007 Academic Year
MFA Thesis Reading featuring 2007 graduates: Hannah Abrams, Bill Carty, David Howell, Stevie Lynn Kohler, Julie Overman, Ashley Talley, Eric Vithalani	Thursday, April 26, 2007 King Auditorium, 7 pm, reception following
nonfiction professor David Gessner to read from his new book Soaring with Fidel	Sunday, April 22, 2007 Cameron Art Museum 3201 South 17th Street, Wilmington 3 pm
fiction professor Robert Anthony Siegel to read from his new novel All Will Be Revealed	Thurday, April 19, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 7 pm, reception following
MFA Reading featuring: Pat Bjorklund, Lindsey Ronfeldt, Kate Sweeney, Hillary Wentworth Renee Dixon, Simona Chitescu	Friday, April 13, 2007 The Cellar, Downtown Wilmington
MFA Thesis Reading featuring 2007 Graduates: Xhenet Aliu, Danielle Derise, Jay Varner, Rory Laverty	Thursday, March 29, 2007 King Auditorium, 7 pm, reception following
Joy Williams Reading	Thursday, March 22, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 8 pm, reception following
Margot Livesey Reading sponsored by CRWGSA	Thursday, February 22, 2007 King Auditorium, 8 pm, reception following
The Red Wheelbarrow: Image and Word featuring art and writing by nine MFA students	Sunday, February 18, 2007 ERA Art Gallery at Castle and 3rd St. Downtown Wilmington 4-7 pm
Gerald Stern Reading	Thursday, February 8, 2007 CIS Room 1008, UNCW Campus 8 pm, reception following
MFA Thesis Reading featuring 2007 Graduates: Mallory Tarses, Rebecca Petruck, Louisa Jonas	Thursday, February 1, 2007 King Auditorium, 7 pm, reception following
MFA Reading featuring: Jarvis Slacks, Miriam Parker, Joe Bueter, Kristin Cole, Visha Burkart	Friday, January 19, 2007 home of MFA student
BFA Thesis Reading featuring: Anne Branigin, Amber Hanna, James Palumbo, Elizabeth Rehder, Nadya Robles	Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Randall Library, Special Collections Room 7 pm, reception following
BFA Thesis Reading featuring: Jonathan Crow, Jennifer McGroarty, Zach Mountford, Patrick Rumley	Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Randall Library, Special Collections Room 5 pm, reception following
MFA Thesis Reading featuring 2006 Graduates: Andrea Barilla and Leah Smith	Thursday, November 30, 2006 Warwick Center, Ballroom #4 7 pm, reception following
MFA Reading featuring: Erin Bond, Stevie Kohler, Janie Miller, Liz Demeo, Jennifer Shepard	Thursday, November 16, 2006 Odessa, 22 N Front St., 4th floor Downtown Wilmington 7 pm
fiction professor Rebecca Lee to read from her new novel The City is a Rising Tide	Thurday, November2, 2006 Dobo Room 103, UNCW Campus 8 pm, reception following
Ecotone Fundraiser and MFA Reading featuring: Ashley Talley, Alison Louise Harney, Jay Varner, Douglass Bourne, David Howell	Friday, October 27, 2006 1919 Market St. Downtown Wilmington 8 pm
"All Hallow's Eve" Tim Bass, Rebecca Lee and Sarah Messer, UNCW CRW faculty members, to read	Friday, Ocober 27, 2006 St. James Parish, 25 S. 3rd Street Downtown Wilmington 12 noon
George Singleton Reading	Thursday, October 26, 2006 Randall Library Auditorium 8 pm, reception following
MFA alum Eli Hastings reading from his newly released memoir Falling Room	Thursday, October 12, 2006 Clocktower Lounge, Fisher Student Center 8 pm, reception following
MFA Reading featuring: Sumanth Prabhaker, Jason Mott, Ashley Hudson, Melissa Robon, Joel Moore	Thursday, October 5, 2006 Bella Festa, 127 Princess Street Downtown Wilmington 7 pm
MFA alum Catherine McCall reading and book-signing from Lifeguarding: A Memoir of Secrets, Swimming, and the South	Thursday, September 28, 2006 Randall Library Auditorium 8 pm, reception following
Musical evening and book signing by CRW faculty Phil Furia: "Mood Indigo: A Tribute to Duke Ellington"	Friday, September 22, 2006 Kenan Auditorium, UNCW campus tickets required 8 pm, reception following
2005–2006 Academic Year
A reading with CRW faculty members Mike White and Malena Mörling	Friday, April 28, 2006 Pomegranate Books, 4418 Park Avenue, Wilmington 7 pm
Charles Seibert Reading	Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Dobo Room 103, UNCW Campus 8 pm, reception following
Brenda Hillman Reading	Thursday, April 20, 2006 King Auditorium, 8 pm, reception following
A lecture by Scott Douglass, editor of Main Street Rag	Thursday, March 16, 2007 King Auditorium, 12 noon
George Singleton Reading	Tuesday, March 1, 2006 King Auditorium, 12:30 pm
ZZ Packer Reading	Thursday, February 23, 2006 King Auditorium, 8 pm, reception following
A lecture by poet Peter Macuck	Wednesday, February 1, 2006 Randall Library, Special Collections Room 12 noon
A lecture by author William Henderson "High-Yield Freelancing for Creative Writers"
Celebrated author Sarah Vowell to give a reading as part of UNCW's Arts in Action Performance Series	Saturday, November 5, 2005 Kenan Auditorium 8 pm
Lecture by author Margaret Mittelbach: "Working and Playing with Others in Publishing: The Art of Literary Collaboration"	Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Randall Library Auditorium 12 noon
Buckner Lecture Series featuring Mary Ann Caws: "Eccentric Women Writing and Painting"	Thursday, October 17, 2005 King Auditorium 4 pm

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