CALENDAR 2005-2006
AUGUST
Creative Writing Program Orientation
August 26, 2005, 3:00-5:00 p.m., L&L
All MFA students and faculty
Opening Party
August 27, 2005, 6:30 p.m.
Potluck gala for students, faculty, families, and friends
SEPTEMBER
September Faculty Meeting
September 7, 2005, 3:00-5:00 p.m., L&L 316
New Student Discussion
September 14, 2005, L&L 317
Informal discussion with students, staff, and faculty about first weeks’ experiences
Rigoberto González, Poet, Fiction Writer, Editor, ASU Alumnus
September 15, 2005, 12:00-1:00, Craft Q & A, Piper Writers Center
Reading, ASU Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge, Room 202, 7:30 p.m.
OCTOBER
Lee Gutkind, Memoirist, Nonfiction Writer, Editor
October 5-7, Piper Writers House, Master class MFA students, “Five Rs of Creative Nonfiction”
October 5 & 6, 2005, 12:30-1:30, Craft Q & A, Piper Writers Center
October 6, 7:30 p.m. Reading, Desert Botanical Garden, Wildflower Pavilion
Free and open to the public
Kathleen Fraser, Poet, Critic, Editor, Publisher
October 10, 2005, Individual MFA student meetings
October 11, 12:00-1:30, Craft Q & A, Piper Writers Center
October 11, 5:30 p.m.,Graduate seminar with Chris Burawa, Nursing Building, Room 375
Open to all MFA students and faculty
October 14-16, 2005. Camp Tontozona Retreat in the pines near Payson, AZ for MFA students. Gourmet cooking, hiking, fishing, and general R & R for students
Russell Banks, Fiction Writer
October 19-21, 2005, Master class for MFA students, Piper Writers Center
October 20, 2005,7:30 p.m., Reading at ASU Old Main, Carson Ballroom
October 21, 2005,12:30-1:30 Craft Q & A, Piper Writers Center
Free and open to the Public
October Faculty Meeting. October 26, 2005, 3:00-5:00, L&L Room 221
October 28, 2005. MFA Comprehensive Exams
Pick up exams from L&L room 315-C by noon Friday
NOVEMBER
Robert Hampson, Poet, Royal Holloway University
November 10, 2005, 7:30 p.m., Reading, Piper Writers Center
Free and open to the public
ASU Creative Writing Competition Deadline for the AWP INTRO Awards
November 11, 2006
November Faculty Meeing
November 16, 2006, L&L Room 245, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
The Esther Frank Memorial Author’s Evening, Reading and Discussion
November 30, 2005, ASU Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge Room 202, 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Susan-Lori Parks, Playwright
November 19, 2005, 7:00 p.m., ASU Galvin Playhouse
Free and open to the public; call for tickets at 965-6447
JANUARY
Ron Smith, Poet, Fiction Writer, Fulbright Chair at Virginia G. Piper Center
January 26, 2006, Reading, 7:00 p.m., Piper Writers Center
Free and open to the public
FEBRUARY
Art Spiegelman, Graphic Novelist
February 2, 2006, Lecture: “Comix 101,” Orpheum Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
General Admission: $10.00; Student Admission $5.00
Sonia Sanchez, Poet
Master class for MFA students, February 6,7,8, 2006, Piper Writers Center
February 6, 2006, 12:30-1:30 Craft Q & A, Piper Writers Center
February 8, 2006, Reading, Desert Botanical Garden, Webster Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Alberto Ríos, Poet, Fiction and Nonfiction Writer
February 16, 2006, 6:30 p.m. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA)
The Museum Heart Series, originated by Alberto Ríos at the 1999 SMoCA opening gala
2006 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
February 22-25, 2006, ASU Main Campus
MARCH
Associated Writing Programs Conference, Austin, Texas
March 7-11, 2006
The ASU Creative Writing Program celebrates its twenty-first birthday at AWP
ASU Creative Writing Program Competitions Deadline, March 15:
The Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Awards in Writing
The Martindale Educational Foundation Long Fiction Award
The Katharine C. Turner Academy of American Poets Prize
Comprehensive Exams
March 17, 2006
Pick up questions from L&L Room 315-C by noon
ASU Creative Writing Faculty Reading
Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Cynthia Hogue, T.M. McNally, Melissa Pritchard
March 24, 2006, 7:30 p.m., ASU Old Main, Carson Ballroom
APRIL
Piper Scholars Reading: Douglas Jones, Carlos Chavarria, Lena Rosenfield, Matthew Frank
April 6, 2006, ASU Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
The Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Awards in Writing
April 18, 2006, Memorial Union, Turquoise Room, 208F, 7:30 p.m.
Reading by Lee K. Abbott, Fiction Writer, and First Place Winners
Free and open to the public
MAY
The Department of English Graduation Reception
May 10, 2006, ASU Memorial Union Turquoise Room, 208F, 3:00 p.m.
Announcing The Martindale Educational Foundation Long Fiction Award
The Katharine C. Turner Academy of American Poets Prize
2006 Graduation Party t.b.a.
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