On this lovely Sunday afternoon I encourage everyone to check out this review from Bookslut. I think it is a great site offering columns, books reviews and articles all about literature. Hopefully this article will get you as pumped up about the Festival as finding it made me!
We hear again from Christine Cozzens, Professor of English at Agnes Scott, about her experiences with the Writers’ Festival! When Professor Bo Ball started the Writers’ Festival in 1972, he created a college writing contest as the centerpiece of the event, and that contest—in an expanded form—is still the heart Read more…
TONIGHT! Come out and join us in the Fireplace Lounge at 7pm for Adrian Matejka’s poetry reading. Hope to see you there!
While you’re waiting for the Writers’ Festival here at Agnes Scott, I highly encourage everyone to come out to a poetry reading next Tuesday! Adrian Matejka will be joining us on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the Fireplace Lounge located in the Student Center. Professor Matejka’s most recent book, Mixology, Read more…
English Professor, Christine Cozzens sent me a little glimpse of her experience here at Agnes Scott and working with the Writers’ Festival over the years! Enjoy I’ve been a professor in the Agnes Scott English department for 23 years, and so 2010 will mark my 23rd Writers’ Festival (hard to Read more…
I’ve changed the blog just a little bit to make it a bit easier to use and see but I do want to remind everyone to visit Shannon and Olivia over at the Writers’ Festival Design Blog as well!
Scott Russell Sanders studied physics and English at Brown University and, as a Marshall Scholar, completed a Ph.D. in English at the University of Cambridge. In 1971 he joined the faculty of Indiana University, where he taught until 2009, retiring as Distinguished Professor of English. Among his more than twenty books are novels, collections of stories, works of Read more…
I hope everyone out there is having a wonderful start to the semester but I do want to remind everyone that the Writers’ Festival is coming up at Agnes Scott! Look out for many more posts this semester regarding the Festival!
Don’t forget: the deadline for the Writers’ Festival Contest is TONIGHT at midnight! You may submit up to five poems, two short stories, two creative nonfiction essays, and one one-act play (Samuel French format, please). Submit files to Rachel Trousdale via e-mail (rtrousdale@agnesscott.edu). DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME IN THE FILE. In Read more…
39th Annual Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival March 25-26, 2010 Thursday, March 25, 8 p.m., Winter Theatre, Dana Reading by Scott Russell Sanders Scott Russell Sanders studied physics and English at Brown University and, as a Marshall Scholar, completed a Ph.D. in English at the University of Cambridge. In 1971 he Read more…
