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2010-11

40th Annual Writers' Festival
 
Q & A Session with Featured Authors
Thursday, March 31, 2011: 1:00-2:00pm
in Lower Evans
Ticket required
 
Danzy Senna
Thursday, March 31, 2011: 4:00pm
in the Winter Theatre, Dana Fine Arts Building
Open to the public, book signing and reception to follow
 
Jennifer Nettles '97
Thursday, March 31, 2011: 8:00pm
in the Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall
Ticket Required
 
Arda Colllins
Friday, April 1, 2011: 2:00pm
in the Winter Theatre, Dana Fine Arts Building
Open to the public, book signing and reception to follow
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Reading by Scott Newstok
Tuesday, February 22, 2011: 7:00pm
in Rebekah Scott Hall, Katherine Woltz Reception Room

Reading by Tony Morris
Thursday, February 10, 2011: 7:00pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Book signing to follow.

Reading by Natasha Trethewey
Tuesday, November 16, 2010: 8:00pm
Lower Evans.
Reception to follow

Reading by Tiphanie Yanique
Thursday, October 21, 2010: 7:00pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Book signing to follow.

Reading by Dan Veach
Tuesday, September 21, 2010: 7:00pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Book signing to follow.
 

Alumnae Weekend English Department Reception 
Friday, April 16, 2010: 4:00-6:00pm
in the Kate Durr Elmore Reading Room, McCain Library
Alumnae, English majors and minors are invited to the reception to meet students and visit with English faculty. Refreshments will be served.

39th Annual Writers' Festival
 
Q & A Session with Featured Authors
Thursday, March 25, 2010: 2:00-3:00pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public.
 
Reading by Paul Guest
Thursday, March 25, 2010: 4:00pm
in the Julia Thompson Smith Chapel
Open to the public
 
Reading by Scott Russell Sanders
Thursday, March 25, 2010: 8:00pm
in the Winter Theatre, Dana Fine Arts Building
Open to the public
 
Reading by Sarah Scoles '07
Friday, March 26, 2010: 10:00am
in the Winter Theatre, Dana Fine Arts Building
Open to the public
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Poetry Reading by Adrian Matejka
Tuesday, February 2, 2010: 7:00pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Free and open to the public.

Poetry Reading by Haider Al-Kabi 
Thursday, February 25, 2010: 7:30pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Free and open to the public.
 
Travel Writing Workshop
Wednesday, November 18, 2009: 10:00-11:00am
Presented by Professor Christine Cozzens
in the Writing Center,
Ground Floor of McCain Library

Poetry Reading by Vivian Shipley
Thursday, November 5, 2009: 7:30pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public.

Careers in Writing: Technical Writing
Friday, October 30, 2009: 10:00-11:00am
With guest speaker Jo Mackiewicz
from Auburn University
in the Writing Center,
Ground Floor of McCain Library

Alumnae Weekend English Department Reception 
Reception with English Faculty
Friday, April 17, 2009: 4:00-6:00pm
in the Kate Durr Reading Room, McCain Library
Open to all current English majors and English alumnae
Refreshments will be served.

Poetry Reading by Professor Waqas Khwaja
Monday, April 13, 2009: 7:00pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
 
38th Annual Writers' Festival
 
Reading by Finalists from Agnes Scott (Sponsored by the Center for Writing and Speaking)
Wednesday, March 25, 2009: 10:00am
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public.
 
Informal Conversation with judges Anita Desai, Junot Diaz, Sabrina Mark, and Quiara Alegria Hudes
Thursday, March 26, 2009: 2:00pm
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public
All English majors and interested students invited.
 
Joint Reading by Anita Desai and Junot Diaz
Thursday, March 26, 2009: 8:00pm
in Gaines Auditorium, Presser Hall
Open to the public (Ticket required)
 
Poetry Reading by Sabrina Mark
Friday, March 27, 2009: 10:00am
in the Winter Theater, Dana Fine Arts Building
Open to the public
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Poetry and Nonfiction Reading
Wednesday, March 18, 2009: 7:30pm
Jericho Brown
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public.
 
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, February 25, 2009: 7:00pm
Chad Davidson, Jeff Thomson, and Greg Fraser
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public.

Poetry Reading
Wednesday, February 11, 2009: 10:00am
Hamutal Bar Yosef, reading from her latest book of poetry, Night, Morning
in the Luchsinger Lounge, Alston Student Center
Open to the public.
 
Nicole McDaniel-Carder
Nicole E. McDaniel-Carder
Assistant Professor of English

 
 

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