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Dawn Barrett

Greater Boston Area
Writer by practice but not profession. Active diarist for more than 50 years and as many volumes. Currently at work on poetry, short fiction and a memoir / self-help book about caring for someone with Alzheimer's Disease. Go ahead and please talk to me about: Design, Dementia, Dating and Distraction. THX.
Friday, April 5
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: Luis Alberto Urrea TBALuís Alberto Urrea • Sonya Larson

10:15am EDT

1H: First Impressions: How to Hook an Agent or Editor with Your Opening Pages Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmaryah Orenstein

11:45am EDT

2L: Writing About Trauma Without Losing It Charles River Room - 4th FloorAnuradha Bhagwati

2:15pm EDT

3C: The Trouble with BackstoryFULL Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorKatherine Sherbrooke

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4J: Query Clinic: Live Feedback on Query Letters White Hill Room - 4th FloorSorche Fairbank • Ayesha Pande

6:45pm EDT

Spitballing...Returns! Berkeley/Clarendon - Mezzanine LevelMichelle Seaton • Sari Boren • Sean Van Deuren • Celeste Ng • Whitney Scharer • Ron MacLean
 
Saturday, April 6
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: Stacey D'Erasmo on Writing in a Time of Upheaval TBAStacey D'Erasmo

10:30am EDT

5G: Writing as an Encore Career: Using What You Know for Greater Personal Meaning, Social Impact and Continued Income Cabot Room - 4th FloorDeborah Plummer

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

1:00pm EDT

6A: First Page Clinic: Making the Most of It White Hill Room - 4th FloorChristopher Castellani • Michael Borum • Stephen McCauley • Mameve Medwed • Sebastian Stuart

3:00pm EDT

7B: Anatomy of a Query LetterFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorAnnie Hwang

4:30pm EDT

8B: Super-Powered Storytelling Tremont Room - 4th FloorBenjamin Percy

5:30pm EDT

Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour TBA

8:30pm EDT

All-Conference Party Democracy Brewing
 
Sunday, April 7
 

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9G: A Trip to the Playground: How to Make Writing Fun AgainFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorAnnie Hartnett

11:30am EDT

10J: Sizing Up Your Publishing Prospects: What do Literary Magazines *Really* Want? Franklin Room - 4th FloorJenn Scheck-Kahn

1:00pm EDT

Marketplace Keynote: “Writing While Working” TBARani Neutill • Mira Jacob • Leslie Shipman • Rebecca Makkai • Maurice Carlos Ruffin