UC s Biennial Emerging Fiction Writers Festival, March 11-13
Get out your pen and paper. The University of Cincinnatis English department is offering the opportunity to engage with up-and-coming contemporary writers.
UC will host its biennial Emerging Fiction Writers Festival on March 11. The program will take place over three days and feature modern voices in literature through readings and panel discussions on the craft of writing.
We hope that students will be entertained by the readings and exposed to a range of writing styles, says Jennifer Habel, coordinator of creative writing. We also hope they will gain some sense of how writers start and build their careers.
The two panel discussions offered will contemplate what literary components are needed to create fictional narratives and explore the dynamic between realist and fabulist genres. These panels will allow the visiting authors to open a dialogue with students about changing trends and practices in recent creative writing.
The novelists included in the festival are Dean Bakopoulos, Alissa Nutting, Ed Park and Nelly Reifler. Collectively, these authors have published works in esteemed publications such as McSweeneys, Tin House, The Believer and The New York Times.
Below is the event listing:
Fiction Reading: Dean Bakopoulos & Nelly Reifler
March 11, 2015; 7:00 pm
McMicken 127
Panel Discussion: The Engines of Fiction
March 12, 2015; 11:00 am
Tangeman University Center, Room 400B
Fiction Reading: Alissa Nutting & Ed Park
March 12, 2015; 7:00 pm
McMicken 127
Panel Discussion: Realism and Fabulism
March 13, 2015; 10:00 am
Tangeman University Center, Room 400B
For more information about the authors involved in the festival, visit UCs creative writing page.
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