The week of the Festival is here! I hope everyone is excited for the events that are going on later this week. Just as a reminder below I’ve included the schedule of events again! Please feel free to comment any questions or concerns you have about the events and I’ll Read more
Grist is an environmental news website that featured an interview with Scott Russell Sanders and I thought it might be fun to share a little bit of this. Below are a few questions and answers from the interview. Check out the full interview here. Q. You write about settling in Read more
As I shared before, From the Fishouse is a great website highlighting up and coming poets and keeping an audio archive of many of their works. Upon my exploration I found a short audio clip of Paul Guest talking about his own writing rituals and I wanted to share! Check Read more
Let me just preface this by saying I will probably post this numerous times over the next week but…here is the schedule of events for the Writers’ Festival which is only seven days away! Scheduled 2010 Writers’ Festival events are free and open to the public including: Reading by writing Read more
Scott Russell Sanders arrived on campus today and dined with students and professors in Evans Dining Hall. I, myself, had the privilege of having lunch with Mr. Sanders and I can’t be more ecstatic that he is here at Agnes Scott! If you see him around campus be sure to Read more
From the Fishouse is a website that features emerging poets and an audio archive of many of their works. Paul Guest is featured on this page and I definitely recommend you check it out! Below is an excerpt from one of Guest’s poems, Lullaby. To hear the audio clip of Read more
It’s just a few shorts days until Scott Russell Sanders will arrive at Agnes Scott College and begin teaching his residency. That being said, I thought it just might be appropriate to share an excerpt of his work featured in Orion Magazine published in the November/December 2009 issue. This article Read more
As the Festival is rapidly approaching, today we hear from Chelsea Perdue, a current sophomore at Agnes Scott College. She looks back at last year’s Festival and shares a story about author Junot Diaz and his visit to Agnes Scott. Enjoy! After the second longest wait in eternity for a book Read more
The Festival is getting close! This week we hear from Peggy Thompson, Ellen Douglass Leyburn Professor of English/Chair. I hope you enjoy! One of my most memorable experiences at the Writers’ Festival came from Tillie Olsen’s visit. Olsen wrote a story, “I Stand Here Ironing,” which I had always found Read more
