MFA Residency Public Lecture and Reading Schedule for Thursday, July 4th

Thursday, July 4th  

11:00AM

 CHRISTINE KITANO

Alienation, Estrangement, Displacement: Examining the Relationship Between Literature and Place, or, “It’s the land, stupid”                                        

We take for granted a relationship between a writer and their environment; whether it be Frank O’Hara’s Manhattan, Gwendolyn Brooks’s Bronzeville, Philip Levine’s Detroit, John Steinbeck’s California, or William Faulkner’s veiled Oxford, Mississippi, we assume a writer is indelibly shaped by the landscape that surrounds them. This relationship between place and literature is never uncomplicated—and is often one of alienation, estrangement, or displacement. This lecture will explore strategies and techniques for navigating the tension between writing and place, especially for writers who feel a lack of ownership over the spaces they inhabit and write about.   

8:15 PM

Readings and lectures are held in the Canon Lounge on the Warren Wilson College Campus

FACULTY READINGS by 

Sally Ball

Nina McConigley

Brooks Haxton

Debra Spark

Alan Williamson

The public is welcome to attend the morning lectures and evening readings in fiction and poetry offered during the Master of Fine Arts Program summer residency.  Events last approximately one hour. Admission is free. The schedule is subject to change. 

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