The Writers’ Festival is just a few short weeks away but tonight, and tonight only Haider Al-Kabi will be reading in the Fireplace Lounge at 7:30pm. Haider Al-Kabi is an Iraqi poet, author of Bombardment (Al-Mada, Damascus, 1998) and co-editor of Flowers of Flame (Michigan State University Press, 2008), the Read more…
While you’re waiting for the Festival we’ve got another event going on to stir up your appetite for literature! This Wednesday join us for Faculty Readings in the Fireplace Lounge! Drs. Christine Cozzens, Rachel Trousdale, Amanda Gable, Hugh Sheehy, and Christopher Deweese will be reading their original works Wednesday, February Read more…
Here’s an excerpt from a short story by Sarah Scoles titled “Binary System” At the airport a man with a “Hi, my name is” sticker approached me, told me he was the man named Sixto, and asked me if I was the woman named Amy. I was, and I got Read more…
While you’re waiting for the Festival, I highly encourage everyone to pencil in and come out to our next poetry reading on campus! Poetry Reading by Haider Al-Kabi Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 7:30 p.m. Alston Fireplace Lounge Haider Al-Kabi is an Iraqi poet, author of Bombardment (Al-Mada, Damascus, 1998) and Read more…
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!
