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2015 Ashland MFA Videos Posted

Watch or re-watch these great craft seminars and readings from the 2015 Ashland MFA Program's Summer Residency. Visit our website for more information on the 2015 visiting writers and MFA faculty members.   

Sunday, July 19

Cross Genre Craft Seminar: Ruth Schwartz & Leila Philip 

Visiting Writer Reading: Patricia Henley (Fiction)


Monday, July 20

Fiction Craft Seminar: Visiting Writer Patricia Henley 
“What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Writing with Place in Mind”

Faculty Reading: Steve Harvey, Mark Irwin, Alex Lemon


Tuesday, July 21

Nonfiction Craft Seminar: Robert Root & Steve Harvey 
“Making Memoirs: Two True Confessions”

Faculty Reading: Leila Philip, Steve Haven, Ruth Schwartz


Wednesday, July 22

Cross Genre Craft Seminar: Steve Haven & Tom Larson
“Disjunctive Effects in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction: Pros and Cons” 

Visiting Writer Reading: Patricia Smith (Poetry) - Sorry - Unavailable due to legal issues

                       
Thursday, July 23

Poetry Craft Seminar: Visiting Writer Patricia Smith
“Everything from the Ordinary -- The Genesis of Four Poems” with Visiting Writer Reading Patricia Smith

Faculty Reading: Joe Mackall, Bill Henderson, John Hoppenthaler


Friday, July 24

Fiction Craft Seminar: William Henderson
“From the Beginning to the End, and Back Again”

Visiting Editor Reading: Enid Shomer, David Giffels, Deborah Fleming


Saturday, July 25
Visiting Editors Panel: John Hoppenthaler, Enid Shomer, & David Giffels 
“Impact of Digital Technology on Writing and the Future of Publishing”


Sunday, July 26

“The Pandemic of Memory: Research, Perspective, and Collective Memory”  Kristin Distel & Carrie Krucinski

Faculty Reading: Celeste Ng, & E.J. Levy

                        
Monday, July 27

Fiction Craft Seminars: “Sentence Structure: DNA of Drama” E.J. Levy “Establishing the Omniscient Narrator” Celeste Ng  

Visiting Writer Reading: Lee Martin (Creative Nonfiction)


Tuesday, July 28
“Storytelling as Inquiry: Creative Nonfiction and the Art of Narrative”  Visiting Writer Lee Martin.

Faculty Reading:  Mark Neely, Jill Christman, Angie Estes


Wednesday, July 29

Cross-Genre Craft Seminar: Detrick Hughes and Josette Kubaszyk 
“Word Choice, Tone, and Direction”

Faculty Reading: Matt Tullis, Tom Larson, Robert Root

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