Miami Bicentennial Writers Festival
November 12th and 13th, 2009
On Thursday and Friday, November 12th and 13th, 2009, 16 Miami authors—poets, short story writers, novelists and writers of creative nonfiction—will return to Oxford to participate in the Miami Bicentennial Writers Festival. This two-day literary extravaganza will highlight how studying creative writing at Miami helped these writers build their publishing careers and will provide both the university and wider communities with a series of free public readings. Roundtable discussions and readings will begin both days at 4 pm and take place in the Leonard Theater at Peabody Hall on Miami’s Oxford campus. Readers include:
- Christopher Coake, author of We’re in Trouble, which won the 2006 PEN/Robert Bingham award for first fiction
- Poet Eugene Gloria, whose books include Hoodlum Birds
- Margaret Peterson Haddix, best-selling children’s and young adult author, whose most recent book is Sent
- And Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Corpus Christi and director of creative writing at Harvard University
For more information and to set up possible interviews with these returning Miami authors, contact Eric Goodman, Miami’s Director of Creative Writing at goodmaek@muohio.edu.
Event Schedule
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH
- Panel Discussion: Making A Writer’s Career: Paths Taken and Not Taken Since Miami
4 pm, Leonard Theater, Peabody Hall
Keith Banner
Chris Coake
Scott Berg
Erica Bernheim
Hugh Sheehy
Renee Wells - Reading
4:45 pm, Leonard Theater, Peabody Hall
Daniel Jones M.A. 2005
Sara Kaplan M.A. Poetry 2004
Hugh Sheehy B.A. 2002 Fiction and Poetry
Erica Bernheim B.A. 1997 Poetry - Reading
7:30 pm, Leonard Theater, Peabody Hall
Jamey Dunham B.A. 1996 Poetry/Prose Poems
Keith Banner M.A. 1993 Fiction
Ellen Elder M.A. 2002 Poetry/Creative Nonfiction
Chris Coake M.A. 1998 Fiction
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH
- Panel Discussion: Publishing That First Book
4 pm, Leonard Theater, Peabody Hall
Bret Johnston
Eugene Gloria
Brian Nelson
Daniel Jones
Chris Coake
Margaret Haddix - Reading
4:45 pm, Leonard Theater, Peabody Hall
Scott Berg M.A. 1995 Fiction/Creative Nonfiction
Dorothy Goepel M.A. 2004 Fiction/Creative Nonfiction
Brian Nelson B.A. 1994 Creative Nonfiction
Renee Wells M.A. 2002 Poetry - Reading
7 pm, Leonard Theater, Peabody Hall
Bret Johnston M.A. 1998 Fiction
Eugene Gloria M.A. 1990 Poetry
Jordan McMullin M.A. 2003 Fiction
Margaret Peterson Haddix B.A. 1986 Children’s Book Author