These events are made possible in part by the Ohio Arts Council.
More information about the writers presenting at the MFA Program's Summer Residency is available on the program website.
Please call (419)289-5110 or email swells@ashland.edu for additional information.
Sunday, July 29
“Enriching the Text” - Steven Harvey and Kathryn Winograd
Poetry and CNF Faculty Craft Seminar
2-3:30 p.m.
Reading – Andre Dubus III7 p.m.
Monday, July 30
“Authentic Curiosity: the Most Neglected Tool of the CNF Writer” - Andre Dubus III
1-2:30 p.m.
Reading - Steven Harvey, Robert Root, Ruth L. Schwartz
7-8 p.m.
Tuesday, July 31
“Complications of Meaning: Narrative Strategies in Frost” - Stephen Haven
1-2:30 p.m.
“Essaying the Image: Ekphrasticize Yourself” - Robert Root
1-2:30 p.m. Ridenour Room, Dauch College of Business and Economics
Reading - JC Hallman, Mark Irwin, Joe Mackall
7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 1
“(How) Can I Say This? Writing the Difficult World” - Ruth L. Schwartz
1-2:30 p.m.
Reading - Laura Kasischke
7 p.m.
Thursday, August 2
“The Sources and Systems of Poetry” - Laura Kasischke
1-2:30 p.m.
Reading - Stephen Haven, Sonya Huber, Kathryn Winograd
7 p.m.
Friday, August 3
“The Semi-fictive Nature of Narrative, Narrators as Personae” - Tom Larson and Mark Neely
1-2-30 p.m.
Reading - John Foy, Mark Neely, Bonnie Rough, and Jerald Walker
7 p.m.
Saturday, August 4
First Books Panel - John Foy, Mark Neely, Bonnie J. Rough, and Jerald Walker
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Sunday, August 5
Reading - Peter Campion, Jill Christman, Bob Cowser Jr., Sarah M. Wells
7 p.m.
Monday, August 6
“Spreading the Word: Poetry in Public” - Sarah M. Wells
1-2:30 p.m.
“Recreating Scenes” - Joe Mackall
1-2:30 p.m. Ridenour Room, Dauch College of Business and Economics
Reading – Mira Bartok
7 p.m.
Tuesday, August 7
“The Brain Is Wider Than the Sky" - Mira Bartok
1-2:30 p.m.
Reading, Angie Estes, Deborah Fleming, Tom Larson
7 p.m.
Wednesday, August 8
“Structure & Arrangement of Collections of Poems & Essays” - Peter Campion and Bob Cowser, Jr.
1-2:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 9
Reading - Garrett Hongo
7 p.m.
Friday, August 10
“The World of 10,000 Things: The Landscape Poetry of Charles Wright and Du Fu” Garrett Hongo
1-2:30 p.m.