Don’t forget to send along your advice for incoming MFA students and anyone taking their first writing workshop: lesliepietrzyk@gmail.com
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Here’s an eclectic, incomplete list of writing-related events that I’m especially hoping I can get to…some big names here and some personal favorites:
Meghan O’Rourke ~ September 18
Davy Rothbart ~ September 26
Eduardo C. Corral ~ September 17
Mark Strand ~ November 19
Billy Collins ~ April 29
(If you’re a big Billy Collins fan, note that you can get an invite to a private, fund-raising dinner where you can meet him in a smaller environment—and everything I’ve heard indicates that he’s VERY fun to hang out with! For more info on that: tdavis@folger.edu
Orhan Pamuk ~ October 26
Mark Strand ~ November 13
Jeffrey Eugenides ~ September 24
Chad Harbach & Karen Russell ~ February 5
Geraldine Brooks ~ March 28
A.M. Homes ~ October 6
Joyce Johnson ~ October 11
E.J. Levy (my former writing group colleague!) ~ October 14
Sherman Alexie ~ October 17
Zadie Smith ~ October 18
Junot Diaz ~ October 22