Jennifer Nettles is a triple crown-winning song writer with “song of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards and then best country song at the Grammys” in 2009. We’ve never had a songwriter headline the Festival before, so this is a real Read more
For those who are snowed-in in the Atlanta area, here’s an excerpt from Danzy Senna’s “Mulatto Millenium”… Here. Hope everyone is safe and sound on this cold, snowy day!
After the release of Where Did You Sleep Last Night in 2009, Danzy Senna did an interview with SmithMag on her memoir. Below is an excerpt from the interview on how she chose the name for her memoir. When did you first hear the folk song “Where Did You Sleep Read more
Hello all you litlovers out there! Happy New Year! Here’s to kicking off the semester right and getting started with some Writers’ Festival Guest Profiles! But before I get ahead of myself…Do you know who the guests are this year? As the lovely Agnes Scott Website describes them, they are Read more
Now that you’ve got all your creative writing submitted to the contest check out this event at Agnes Scott tonight! Natasha Trethewey is author of Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and three collections of poetry, Domestic Work, Bellocq’s Ophelia, and Native Guard—for which she was awarded Read more
Hello again! Don’t forget! Tomorrow, November 15th is the deadline for the Writers’ Festival competition. For more info see http://www.agnesscott.edu/events/writersfestival/creativewritingcompetition.aspx The contest is open to all college and university students in Georgia. Each year students have the opportunity to submit their written works for recognition at the Writers’ Festival. The categories are: Creative Read more
Hello, hello once more to all you literary lovers out there! I’m back to kick off the Annual Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival this year. The Festival takes place at the end of March 2011, but right now we have some big news over here! We are currently accepting submissions for the Read more
This weekend’s Writers’ Festival was a great success thanks to all of the hard work of Agnes Scott College, The English department and all of the students who committed time to helping out with the Festival. On behalf of the Writers’ Festival I would like to give a big thank Read more
The Writers’ Festival is upon on! I hope many of you were able to join us this morning for a lovely reading from the Agnes Scott Finalists for the Creative Writing Competition. If you weren’t able to make it this morning, never fear! There are three events tomorrow that are Read more
Tomorrow officially we kick off the Writers’ Festival here at Agnes Scott with a 10am reading from the Agnes Scott students who are finalists in the Writers’ Festival Creative Writing Competition. I encourage everyone to come out to the event tomorrow morning! Creative Writing Competition: Finalists’ Readings Wednesday, March 24, Read more
