MONDAY, APRIL 29
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Griffin Gate
Why Literature Matters: An Interdisciplinary Panel
featuring Dr. Pete Schmidt, Dr. Oralee Holder, Dean Agustin Albarrán, and student Cassady Lynch
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Griffin Gate
poet Dunya Mikhail, author of The War Works Hard
7:00 - 9 p.m., Griffin Gate
New Voices: A Student Reading
the Creative Writing Program's newest talent takes the mic in an evening of
original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and other spoken word art
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
9:30 - 10:45 a.m., Griffin Gate
Write Out Loud: California Gold
Featuring Veronica Murphy, Walter Ritter, and others
12:30 - 1:45 p.m., Griffin Gate
Tex{t}-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the “Mexican” in America
A Lecture/Performance by SDSU Comparative Literature Professor William Anthony Nericcio
WEDNESDAY, MAY 01
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Griffin Gate
The Literature of Tobias Wolff:
American Literature II Student Paper Presentations, and
Readings by the winners and finalists of the English 98 This Boy's [Or Girl's] Life Writing Contest
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Griffin Gate
Tobias Wolff: Art of the Short Story
Panel Presentation by
Stephanie Mood, Ryan Griffith, and others (TBA)
7:00 - 9 p.m., Griffin Gate
novelist, memoirist, and story writer Tobias Wolff,
author of This Boy's Life and Old School
THURSDAY, MAY 02
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Griffin Gate
Werewolves, Vampires and Zombies—Oh My!
The Not-So-Human in Literature,
A Panel Presentation by
Lauren Spears, Linda Mitchell, and Lisa Shapiro
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Griffin Gate
Judy Reeves: A Writer Is Someone Who Writes
originator of San Diego Writer's Ink and Brown Bag Writing Group
7:00 - 9 p.m., Griffin Gate
Lantern Tree: Four Books of Poems
a reading featuring
Chris Baron, Heather Eudy, Sabrina Youmans, and Cali Linfor