Convention 2012 Creative Writing and Editing Track

With the support of St. John Fisher College, Nazareth College, Writers & Books, and BOA Editions, NeMLA 2012 will present creative writing sessions and speakers that are unprecedented in variety and quality. Not only were we incredibly lucky to secure Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan as our keynote speaker, it is with pride that we open the Convention with a reading by acclaimed poet and Rochester native Cornelius Eady. With a program that brings together national authors, local authors and NeMLA members, the NeMLA Board hopes that the synergy of this year will establish creative writing as a part of NeMLA’s fabric for years to come.

Thursday, March 15

11:00AM - 2:00PM: The World(s) of the Small Press (Workshop); Convention Center: Highland B
2:15PM - 4:15PM: Telling Tales Out of School: Community-Based Writing Programs (Workshop); Readings by: M.J. Iuppa, Sarah Freligh, B.K. Fischer, and Steven Huff; Convention Center, Highland B
4:30PM - 6:30PM: The Ph.D. in Creative Writing or a Creative Writer with a Literature Ph.D. (Roundtable); Convention Center, Highland G
7:00PM: Welcome Reading and Reception: Reading by Cornelius Eady; Convention Center, Riverside Court

Friday, March 16

8:30AM - 9:45AM: Visual Narrative Media as Exploration of Self-Reflexive Autobiography (Roundtable); Hyatt: Grand Ballroom C
10:00AM - 11:30AM: Literary Journals and the Writing Life (Panel); Hyatt: Grand Ballroom D
11:45AM - 1:00PM: Creative Writers and Editors Reception; Carson Room
1:15PM - 2:45PM: The Ambiguous Prose Poem (Reading); Hyatt: Grand Ballroom D; Alek Toumi Reading of Madah-Sartre; Hyatt Regency B
3:00PM - 4:30PM: Narrating Women’s Lives, Labeling Women’s Narratives (Reading); Hyatt: Grand D
4:45PM - 6:15PM: BOA Editions Showcase: Readings by Christopher Kennedy, Keetje Kuipers, and Michael Waters; Hyatt: Grand D
7:30PM - 9:00PM: Keynote Reading and Reception; Jennifer Egan “Experimentation in Fiction: Notes from a Reluctant Practitioner”; Artisan Works (transportation from Convention Center)

Saturday, March 17

8:30AM - 10:00AM: The Writing of This Work is This Work (Panel); Hyatt: Grand Ballroom D
11:45AM - 1:15PM: African-American Scholars Event: Reading by Leonard Slade; Hyatt: Grand D; Telling Tales Out of School: The Reading; Hyatt: Grand Ballroom C
1:30PM - 3:00PM: Assigning and Responding to the Personal in Composition Classes (Roundtable); Hyatt Grand Ballroom D