MFA Residency Public Lecture and Reading Schedule for Friday, January 4th

Friday, January 4        

Readings and lectures are held in the Region Room of Blue Ridge Center at Blue Ridge Assembly. 84 Blue Ridge Circle; Black Mountain, NC 

Faculty Lecture 11:15 AM                     

DEAN BAKOPOUOS – What is Your Life?: On the Uncertainty Ahead

 This lecture, with a title inspired by the wonderfully annoyed New Testament verse, James 4:14, will explore the dynamic and haunting ways uncertainty (both autobiographical and fictional) can fuel one’s work and enhance what’s on the page. We will look at prose by Kiese Laymon, Jamel Brinkley, Marguerite Duras, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Patty Yumi Cottrell, as well as poems by Maggie Smith, Adrienne Rich, Erica Dawson, and Larry Levis.

Faculty Readings 8:15 PM

Liam Callanan

Rodney Jones

Christine Kitano

Antonya Nelson

Martha Rhodes

The public is welcome to attend the morning lectures and evening readings in fiction and poetry offered during the Master of Fine Arts Program winter residency.  Events last approximately one hour. Admission is free. The schedule is subject to change. PLEASE NOTE: The winter residency is being held at Blue Ridge Assemblyin Black Mountain, NC, not on the Warren Wilson College campus.

For more information, call the MFA Office: (828) 771-371