Creative Writing Concentration Reading Series
FALL 2009
Poet Betty Adcock will read from her work on Thursday, 17 September at 5 PM in the parlor of the William Street House (1201 William—corner of College and William). Adcock is the author of five books of poetry, all from Louisiana State University Press. A recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, the Poets’ Prize, the North Carolina Medal for Literature, the Texas Institute of Letters Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Adcock teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. The event is sponsored by the University of Mary Washington’s Creative Writing Concentration and the department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, and is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the reading.
Fall 2008
Thursday, September 18, 5 p.m. Combs 139
Sheryl St. Germain
Visiting poet and writer of creative nonfiction from Chatham University in Pittsburgh where she is the director of their MFA program. She will be reading from her new book of poetry, Let It Be a Dark Roux. A signing and reception will follow.
Monday, October 20, 5 p.m., The Big House
Margaret Gibson has received, among other prizes and awards, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, a Lila Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fellowship, and grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. She is Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut. A native of Richmond, Virginia, she now lives in Preston, Connecticut. She will be reading from her new book of poetry, One Body, published by LSU Press in 2007. A signing and reception will follow.
Thursday, October 30, 5 p.m., Combs 139
Steve Watkins, UMW Associate Professor of English, will be reading from his new novel, Down Sand Mountain, which has already received advance praise. A signing and reception and open house at The Big House will follow.
Thursday, November 13, 5 p.m., Combs 139
Colin Rafferty, our new Creative Nonfiction professor, will be reading from his work-in-progress.
Thursday, November 20, 5 p.m., Combs 139
English 302A (Intro Creative Writing) Students will read their own poetry, written during the semester.
All readings are free and open to the public. For more information, call:
540 654 1035.
Off-Campus Readings of Interest:
Claudia Emerson
Thursday, September 4, 7- 9:30 p.m.
The Griffin Bookstore and Coffee Bar
723 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Claudia Emerson, UMW Professor of English, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Late Wife, just named Poet Laureate of Virginia, will be reading from her latest book, Figure Studies. Signing and reception included.
For more information: 540 899 8041
Rivka Galchen, novelist
Friday, September 19, 7:30 p.m.
The Wounded Bookshop
109 Amelia St., Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Rivka Galchen will be reading and signing her first novel, Atmosphere Disturbances, which has been lauded in major reviews by both New Yorker magazine and The New York Time Sunday Book Review.
For more information: 540 373 1311
Steve Watkins
Saturday, September 20, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
University Hall
UMW College of Graduate and Professional Studies
Steve Watkins, UMW Associate Professor of English, will be reading from his new novel, Down Sand Mountain, which has already received advance praise. He will also be participating in a panel discussion on children’s and young adult literature.
For more information: Kavatus Newell, 540-286-8070
Steve Watkins, Reading and Book Signing
Thursday, October 9, 7 p.m. (*Tentative date)
Riverby Books
805 Caroline St.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
540-373-6148
Steve Watkins, Reading and Panel Discussions
Saturday, Oct. 11, 11 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St., Richmond VA
804-230-4575
Getting It Write: James River Writers Conference
Warren Rochelle
Wednesday, October 22, 7 p.m.
Twin Hickory Area Library, Glen Allen, VA
Warren Rochelle, UMW Associate Professor of English, will be reading from his novel, Harvest of Changelings, which is just out in paperback. Harvest of Changelings received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. A signing will follow. Free and open to the public.
For more information and directions: Matt Phillips, 804 364 1400, x 241
Steve Watkins, Reading and Talk
Sunday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Fredericksburg Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
1115 Caroline St., Fredericksburg, VA
540-371-1304