Tired of huge conferences? Try this intimate class of ten or so at the Highlights Foundation's wonderful new retreat center, with editors Alvina Ling of Little Brown and Stacy Whitman of Tu Books/Lee and Low, authors Donna Jo Napoli, Kathy Erskine, and me. The odds are ever in your favor, people.
One-on-one critiques and guided writing workshops are included, and the drive from Boston or New York isn't bad at all. The chance of a lifetime to jumpstart your career! I know the tuition's steep, but there is financial aid, and you've got to invest in yourself somewhere, right? Here's our tentative schedule to entice you:
One-on-one critiques and guided writing workshops are included, and the drive from Boston or New York isn't bad at all. The chance of a lifetime to jumpstart your career! I know the tuition's steep, but there is financial aid, and you've got to invest in yourself somewhere, right? Here's our tentative schedule to entice you:
Creating
an Authentic Cultural Voice
April
26-29, 2012
Workshop
Leaders: Donna Jo Napoli and Mitali Perkins
Special
Guests: Alvina Ling, Stacy Whitman, and Kathy Erskine
Thursday,
April 26, 2012
5:30 PM Hors d’oeuvres
6:30
PM Dinner and
Welcome, Mitali Perkins
Friday, April 27
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM The Pillars of Writing Culturally with
Mitali Perkins
10:00 AM Writing exercise with Donna Jo Napoli
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM One-on-ones
4:00 PM Writing exercise TBA
5:30 p.m. Hors d’oeurves
6:00 p.m. Dinner, Stacy Whitman, speaker
Saturday, April 28
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Who Has the Right to Write
Multiculturally with Donna Jo Napoli
10:00 AM Writing exercise with Alvina Ling
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM One-on-ones
4:00 PM Writing exercise TBA
5:30 p.m. Hors d’oeurves
6:00 p.m. Dinner, Kathy Erskine, speaker and book signing
Sunday, April 29
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Writing exercise with Mitali Perkins (dialog)
11:00 AM Final Comments from faculty
12:00 PM Lunch and Departures