CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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2024 at KETTLE POND WRITERS
​Saturday, June 22
1:00 - 5:00pm
Conference Check-In
5:00 - 5:45pm
Welcome Reception
5:45 - 6:45pm
Dinner
7:30 - 8:00pm
Conference Orientation
8:00 - 8:30pm
Evening Reading
Kevin Bertolero
8:45 - 11:00pm
Lakeside Social & Bookstore Hours
​Sunday, June 23
7:30 - 8:45am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00am
Faculty Lecture
Christopher Citro - On Giving Up: Its Uses & Benefits in the Writing Life​
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10:15 - 11:15am
Workshop Session
Brian Hall - Short Short Fiction (part I)
10:15am - 12:15pm
Workshop Session
Kevin Bertolero - I Remember, I Remember
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12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch
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1:00 - 4:00pm
Kayak & Canoe Launch Hours
1:15 - 2:15pm
Faculty Lecture
Michael Seidlinger - How to Find Your Own Perfect Day
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2:15 - 3:15pm
Book Club with Jack (part I)
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4:30 - 5:30pm
Resident Writer Readings
5:45 - 6:45pm
Dinner
7:30 - 8:00pm
Evening Readings
Michael Seidlinger & Kem Joy Ukwu
8:45 - 11:00pm
Lakeside Social & Bookstore Hours
​Monday, June 24
7:30 - 8:45am
Breakfast
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9:00 - 10:00am
Faculty Lecture
Kem Joy Ukwu - Goals & Gravity in Story Creation (& Recreation)​
10:15 - 11:45am
Workshop Session
Brian Hall - Short Short Fiction (part II)
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10:15am - 12:15pm
Workshop Session
Christopher Citro - Broken Things & Anaphora
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12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch
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1:00 - 4:00pm
Kayak & Canoe Launch Hours
4:30 - 5:30pm
Resident Writer Readings
5:45 - 6:45pm
Dinner
7:30 - 8:00pm
Evening Readings
Jack Bachmann & Christopher Citro
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8:45 - 11:00pm
Lakeside Social & Bookstore Hours
Tuesday, June 25
7:30 - 8:45am
Breakfast
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9:00 - 10:00am
Faculty Lecture
Sandra Lim - Remarks on Endings​
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10:15am - 12:15pm
Workshop Session
Sandra Lim -Using Myth in Poems
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10:15am - 12:15pm
Workshop Session
​Kem Joy Ukwu - Short Fiction
12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch
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1:00 - 4:00pm
Kayak & Canoe Launch Hours
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1:15 - 3:15pm
Workshop Session
Naomi Jackson - Writing Down to the Bones I
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4:30 - 5:30pm
Resident Writer Readings
5:45 - 6:45pm
Dinner
7:30 - 8:00pm
Evening Readings
Brian Hall & Sandra Lim
8:45 - 11:00pm
Lakeside Social & Bookstore Hours
Wednesday, June 26
7:30 - 8:45am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00am
Faculty Lecture
Brian Hall - Writing From Reality
10:15am - 12:15pm
Workshop Session
Sandra Lim - Lists! (13 Ways of Looking at Description)
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11:15am - 12:15pm
Workshop Session
Michael Seidlinger - 3-Hour Idea Generator Intensive (part I)
12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch
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1:00 - 4:00pm
Kayak & Canoe Launch Hours
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1:15 - 3:15pm
Workshop Session
Michael Seidlinger - 3-Hour Idea Generator Intensive (part II)
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4:30 - 5:30pm
Resident Writer Readings
5:45 - 6:45pm
Dinner
8:30pm - ?
Reception at Kettle Pond Staff Residence
Thursday, June 27
7:30 - 8:45am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00am
Faculty Lecture
Naomi Jackson - Building Books / Building Essays
10:15 - 11:15am
Workshop Session
Brian Hall - Four-Beat Couplets (part I)
10:15 am - 12:15pm
Workshop Session
Kem Joy Ukwu - From Short Story to Screen
12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch
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1:00 -4:00pm
Kayak & Canoe Launch Hours
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1:15 - 3:15pm
Workshop Session
Naomi Jackson - Writing Down to the Bones II
3:30 - 4:30pm
Chapbook Roundtable
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4:30 - 5:30pm
Resident Writer Readings
5:45 - 6:45pm
Dinner
7:30 - 8:30pm
Evening Readings
Cecilia Corrigan & Deirdre Coyle
8:45 - 11:00pm
Lakeside Social & Bookstore Hours
Friday, June 28
7:30 - 8:45am
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15am
Faculty Lecture
Kevin Bertolero - In Suffering / With Joy: On Time, Place & the AIDS Crisis
10:30am - 12:00pm
Workshop Session
Brian Hall - Four-Beat Couplets (part II)
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10:30am - 12:30pm
Workshop Session
Christopher Citro - The Sky & Leaping
12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch
1:00 -4:00pm
Kayak & Canoe Launch Hours
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1:15 - 2:15pm
Pilates Mystery with Cecilia
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2:15 - 3:15pm
Meditation with Deirdre
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3:15 - 4:15pm
Book Club with Jack (part II)
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4:30 - 5:30pm
Publishing with John & Kevin
5:45 - 6:45pm
Dinner
7:00 - 8:00pm
Evening Readings
Naomi Jackson & Ashley Mayne
8:30pm - 12:00am
2024 Conference Party & Salon
​Saturday, June 29
7:30 - 8:45am
Breakfast
9:15 - 10:15am
Workshop Session
Ashley Mayne - The Unknown
9:30am - 2:00 pm
Conference Check-Out