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Elif Armbruster

Greater Boston Area
I am a professor, writer, and editor, and former journalist for national magazines. I teach and research women's writing, memoir and autobiography, gender studies, and immigrant literature. I am working on my memoir.
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

1B: Narrative Unbound: Experimental Structures in Essays and StoriesFULL Cambridge Room - 4th FloorSari Boren • Ron MacLean

11:45am EDT

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

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3E: Navel Gazing and Other Worthy Pursuits: A Character-Building GameFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorAngie Chatman • Athena Dixon

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4C: From Personal History to Social History: How To Get Beyond the ME in Memoir Cambridge Room - 4th FloorAlysia Abbott • Caitlin McGill

5:00pm EDT

Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour TBA

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

5C: Literary Idol: Nonfiction Focus Newbury Room - 4th FloorAshley Lopez • Steve Macone • Rakesh Satyal • Janet Silver • Mitchell Waters

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

1:00pm EDT

6J: The Inside/Outside Story: Balancing Character Emotion & Story Action Tremont Room - 4th FloorLynne Griffin

2:30pm EDT

Break TBA

3:00pm EDT

7K: Thrusting Swords and Quivering Orchids: How Not to Write Sex Scenes Newbury Room - 4th FloorChip Cheek • Whitney Scharer

4:30pm EDT

8A: Writing In the #MeToo Era Cabot Room - 4th FloorKrystal Sital

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

9H: She's Terrible, and I Love Her: On "Unlikable" Female Characters White Hill Room - 4th FloorKelly J. Ford • Michelle Hoover

11:30am EDT

10B: Releasing Yourself from the Clutches of the Green-Eyed Monster: Dealing with Envy in the Writing World Gloucester Room - 4th FloorPatrice Gopo • Grace Talusan 10K: How to Sell a Memoir If You Aren’t a Celebrity or a Politician Whittier Room - 4th FloorCatherine Guthrie

1:00pm EDT

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