Some of the best writers from across the US, including the current U. S. Poet Laureate will take part in the 70th Annual 2010 Winter With the Writers, A Festival of the Literary Arts at Rollins College.
Winter With the Writers will be held four consecutive Thursdays, beginning the last week in January. Events will include master classes at 4 p.m. and readings, on-stage interviews and book signings at 8 p.m.
Master classes, readings and discussions are free and open to the public. Master classes will be held in the Bush Auditorium and author readings and interviews will be held in the Tiedtke Concert Hall. Guests are encouraged to arrive early for the 8 p.m. readings, as seating is limited. For more information call 407-646-2666.
January 21, 2009
The series will kick off Thursday, Jan. 21 with award-winning novelist Andrea Barrett. Barrett’s book of stories Servants of the Map was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2003, and its title story was selected for Best American Stories 2001 and Prize Stories 2001: The O. Henry Awards.
January 28, 2009
Currently serving as the 16th U.S. Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan will speak at Rollins on Jan. 28. Ryan succeeded Charles Simic as the U.S. Poet Laureate in July 2008. She was appointed for a one-year term, but was asked to serve a second one-year term extending through May 2010.
February 4, 2009
Pushcart Prize winner Andre Dubus III will visit Rollins on Thursday, Feb. 4. The American writer is best known for his novel House of Sand and Fog, which was a National Book Award finalist in 1999 and was adapted for a 2003 film of the same title starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly.
February 11, 2009
On Thursday, Feb. 11, the series will conclude with Barry Lopez. Lopez received the National Book Award for his non-fiction book Arctic Dreams. Among his other non-fiction works are About This Life, and Of Wolves and Men, which was a National Book Award finalist. He is also the author of several award-winning works of fiction, including Field Notes, Winter Count, and a novella-length fable, Crow and Weasel.