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Joyce Carol Oates Now and Then
Contrast and compare Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival attendee Joyce Carol Oates’ “A Long Way Home“, written when she was just seventeen, to a much more recent work, “I.D.“, from 2010.
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“Stone Mattress”, Margaret Atwood
Check out this 2011 short story by previous Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival guest Margaret Atwood.
Writings
Jumping Into a Lake: A Student’s Experience with Joy Harjo
Megan Cieri ’13 is a senior creative writing major who took Joy Harjo’s weeklong writing workshop during the 2012 Writers Festival. I sat down with Megan to talk about her experiences with Harjo, Native American poet, writer, and musician. Harjo is the author of the recently-released memoir Crazy Brave, as well as many other collections of poetry, music albums, children’s books, and memoirs.
Writings
American Eagle’s Anniversary
In this piece, Jiahui Zheng, Agnes Scott ’15, shares her experiences attending a Native American dance with last year’s Writers’ Festival guest and lecturer Jay Harjo.
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Don’t Miss the Last Day of the Writers’ Festival!
Here’s the schedule for today’s Writers’ Festival events! 1:00 PM: Reading by Jacqueline Goldfinger Winter Theatre Charles A. Dana Fine Arts Building 2:00 PM: Jacqueline Goldfinger Reception and Book Signing The Dalton Gallery Charles A. Dana Fine Arts Building See you there!
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Don’t Miss Today’s Writers’ Festival Events!
Here’s today’s schedule of events for the Writers’ Festival! 4:00 PM: Reading by Benjamin Percy Winter Theatre Charles A. Dana Fine Arts Building 5:00 PM: Benjamin Percy Reception and Book Signing The Dalton Gallery Charles A. Dana Fine Arts Building 8:00 PM: Reading by Joy Harjo Gaines Chapel Presser Hall Read more
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Writers’ Festival Finalists Reading TODAY!
Don’t forget to attend the Writers’ Festival Finalists Reading today at 4 PM in the Luchsingers Lounge in the Alston Campus Center!
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LibGuide to the 2012 Writers’ Festival
Check it out—Agnes Scott librarian Casey Long has compiled a guide for the 2012 Writers’ Festival, including profiles for each author and links to their work!
Guests
Jacqueline Goldfinger’s The Oath
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSWnmuaOz64] In 2009, Maieutic Theatre Works produced Jacqueline Goldfinger’s The Oath—this video goes behind the scenes of that production, naturally talking about Goldfinger’s script in the process! If you’re interested in more of Goldfinger’s Southern Gothic, check out EXIT 209, her blog that collections all her short fiction in that Read more
Guests
Benjamin Percy on A Well-Lighted Place
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxqC629S328] Benjamin Percy interviewed by Max Pearlstein in January of last year.
