Creative Nonfiction Week 2005
24-27 October 2004, various locations
co-sponsored by
English, Journalism,
and Fiction Writing Departments
all events are free and open to the public unless otherwise
noted
Call the English Dept. at 312-344-8100 or email Sam Weller to confirm location and other details.
Featuring:
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| Mimi Schwartz | Joel Garreau | Andrew Meldrum | Alan Burdick | Adrian Nicole LeBlanc |
Monday, 24 October
7 PM
Reading and Discussion with the author of Thoughts from a Queen-Sized Bed.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash
Tuesday, 25 October
12 PM
Student Reading
with Bobby Biedrzycki, Meochia Blount, Maria Sultemeier, Molly Each, Jennifer Weinshenker Lieto, and Tami Wilm.
Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan
2 PM
Faculty Reading
with Norma Green, Amy Hawkins, Laurie Lawlor, Eric May, Doug Reichert-Powell, and Dan Weissman.
Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan
7 PM
with Andrew Meldrum and Steve AsmaReadings and discussion with the authors of Where We Have Hope (Meldrum) and The Gods Drink Whiskey (Asma).
Hokin Annex
623 S. Wabash
Wednesday, 26 October
11 AM
Travel Writing
With panelists Andrew Causey, Lisa Lenoir, and Patty McNair. Moderated by Michael Bartlett.
Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan
1 PM
Readings and discussion with the author of Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion.
Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan
7 PM
Into the Brave New World
with Alan Burdick, Joel Garreau, and Sam WellerA conversation about where we're going, featuring Alan Burdick [author of Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion ], Joel Garreau [author of Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human], and Sam Weller [author of The Bradbury Chronicles : The Life of Ray Bradbury]. Moderated by Marianne Murciano.
Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan
Thursday, 27 October
11 AM
Reading and discussion with the author of Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies--and What It Means to Be Human.
Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan
2 PM
The Path to Publication
Editors describe the journey to publication, and provide a map. Featuring Martha Bayne [writer, associate editor, Chicago Reader ], Sylvia M. Ewing [Producer, Eight Forty-Eight ], Jonathan Messinger [editor, Time Out Chicago ], and Ian Morris [managing editor, TriQuarterly ]. Moderated by Jotham Burrello.
Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan
7 PM
Readings and discussion with the author of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash
