Celebrating its 26th summer session, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference will run through Saturday, Aug. 1, and feature readings, panels and lectures by distinguished faculty and nationally recognized editors, publishers and literary agents. Alice McDermott will read at 4:15 p.m., today (Friday) July 24.
McDermott is the author of seven novels, the latest of which, “Someone,” was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. “After This” was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. Her book, “Charming Billy,” received the 1998 National Book Award for fiction.
Playwright Paula Vogel will read at 8:15 p.m., Monday, July 27. Vogel’s play “How I Learned to Drive” earned a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award and her second Obie Award. Other plays include “Don Juan Comes Home From Iraq,” “The Baltimore Waltz” and “Desdemona.” Her most recent play, “Indecent,” will be produced in the 2015–16 season at Yale Repertory and LaJolla Playhouse. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Best-selling and critically acclaimed fiction writers will also offer public readings during the conference: Tony Earley (4:15 p.m., Saturday, July 25); Richard Bausch (4:15 p.m., Sunday, July 26); Erin McGraw (4:15 p.m., Tuesday, July 28); Adrianne Harun (4:15 p.m., Wednesday, July 29); Allen Wier (8:15 p.m., Thursday, July 30); Jill McCorkle (8:15 p.m., Friday, July 31); Kevin Wilson (4:15 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 1) and Steve Yarbrough (8:15 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 1).
Award-winning poets’ readings are open to the public: ; B.H. Fairchild (8:15 p.m., Friday, July 24); Mary Jo Salter (8:15 p.m., Saturday, July 25); Maurice Manning (8:15 p.m., Sunday, July 26); Sidney Wade (4:15 p.m., Monday, July 27); Daniel Anderson (8:15 p.m., Tuesday, July 28); Charles Martin (4:15 p.m., Thursday, July 30) and Andrew Hudgins (4:15 p.m., Friday, July 31).
Acclaimed playwright Dan O’Brien (8:15 p.m., Wednesday, July 29) will also read a selection of his work.
The Sewanee Writers’ Conference offers instruction to writers through workshops, readings and craft lectures in poetry, fiction and playwriting.
Lectures and readings will be held in the Mary Sue Cushman Room of the Bairnwick Women’s Center on Mississippi Avenue. Admission to all public events is free, but space may be limited. For more information go to <www.sewaneewriters.org/conference/schedule>.
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