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WRITERS BLOCK CAN MAKE A MESS OF YOUR DESK

See the MFA video on YouTube.

 

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THE NEXT MFA SEMESTER BEGINS WITH A RESIDENCY ON CAMPUS IN FOREST GROVE, OREGON, FROM JUNE 20-30, 2013

 

 

 

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MFA IN WRITING ANNUAL READING SERIES ON FOREST GROVE CAMPUS

 

JUNE 21-28

The Pacific University Master of Fine Arts in Writing program will once again host readings by its faculty during the 10-day residency on the Forest Grove campus. Free and open to the public, the evening readings take place at 7:30 p.m. from Friday, June 21, through Friday, June 28, in the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center which is also the location for the day readings. Taylor-Meade is located on campus at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street in Forest Grove.

This event is a rare opportunity to hear some of the best writers of contemporary American literature read on successive evenings. Featured authors include Bonnie Jo Campbell, a National Book Award finalist; and poet Kwame Dawes, Emmy Award winner and Guggenheim Fellow.

 

EVENING READING SCHEDULE – 7:30 p.m.

6/21 Kwame Dawes, Mary Helen Stefaniak & Kellie Wells

6/22 Jack Driscoll, Pam Houston & David St. John

6/23 Ellen Bass, Craig Lesley & David Long

6/24 Mike Magnuson, Joseph Millar & Christine Sneed

6/26 Marvin Bell, Bonnie Jo Campbell & Scott Korb

6/27 Sandra Alcosser, Carolyn Coman & Claire Davis

6/28 Debra Gwartney, Anna Journey & Dorianne Laux

 

DAYTIME READING SCHEDULE – 1:30 p.m.

6/25 Frank Gaspar & Laura Pritchett

6/28 Steve Amick & Laura Hendrie

 

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