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The Winter Heat Writer’s Retreat is designed to take you out of
your routine and into your poetry or fiction writing. Heat up your
post-holidays winter with warm words on the shore of Higgins
Lake. With ample time to snow shoe, cross country ski, or just
write beside a crackling fire, this weekend is designed to build
community, give you a much-needed vacation, and improve your
craft.
your routine and into your poetry or fiction writing. Heat up your
post-holidays winter with warm words on the shore of Higgins
Lake. With ample time to snow shoe, cross country ski, or just
write beside a crackling fire, this weekend is designed to build
community, give you a much-needed vacation, and improve your
craft.
| Winter Heat Writers Retreat Schedule |
Fiction Faculty: Jack Driscoll
Jack Driscoll's collection of stories, Wanting Only to be Heard,
received the AWP Prize in fiction. His novels include Stardog, Lucky
Man, Lucky Woman, and How Like an Angel. In addition, he is the
recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the NEA
Creative Writing Fellowship, Pushcart and Best American Short
Story citations, and the PEN/Nelson Algren Fiction Award. A long
time member of the creative writing faculty at Interlochen Fine Arts
Academy, Jack is on the MFA faculty at Pacific University's low
residency MFA program.
Jack Driscoll's collection of stories, Wanting Only to be Heard,
received the AWP Prize in fiction. His novels include Stardog, Lucky
Man, Lucky Woman, and How Like an Angel. In addition, he is the
recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the NEA
Creative Writing Fellowship, Pushcart and Best American Short
Story citations, and the PEN/Nelson Algren Fiction Award. A long
time member of the creative writing faculty at Interlochen Fine Arts
Academy, Jack is on the MFA faculty at Pacific University's low
residency MFA program.
Poetry Faculty: Gerry LaFemina
Gerry LaFemina’s next book of poems, The Vanishing
Horizon, will come out at the end of 2010 on Anhinga
Press. His most recent book is the short story
collection Wish List (2009, Marick Press). For The
Parakeets of Brooklyn he received the 2003 Bordighera
Prize. His other books include Zarathustra in Love and
The Window Facing Winter. Currently he directs the
Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at Frostburg
State University where he also teaches.
Gerry LaFemina’s next book of poems, The Vanishing
Horizon, will come out at the end of 2010 on Anhinga
Press. His most recent book is the short story
collection Wish List (2009, Marick Press). For The
Parakeets of Brooklyn he received the 2003 Bordighera
Prize. His other books include Zarathustra in Love and
The Window Facing Winter. Currently he directs the
Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at Frostburg
State University where he also teaches.
Thursday 4/8:
3:00-5:00: Arrival and “registration”
5:30 Dinner together
7:00-10:00 Faculty Sessions:
LaFemina: Favorite poems: participants bring in
favorite poems by their favorite poets, for a reading
and discussion of what they like about these
works. This is followed by an in-depth discussion
and close-reading by LaFemina on a favorite poem.
Driscoll: TBA
Friday 1/8:
9:00-10:00 Breaking down the writer's block
(LaFemina)
10:15-11:45
Poetry Workshop- LaFemina
Fiction Workshop- Driscoll
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Driscoll reading and q-
and-a
3:00-5:00: Arrival and “registration”
5:30 Dinner together
7:00-10:00 Faculty Sessions:
LaFemina: Favorite poems: participants bring in
favorite poems by their favorite poets, for a reading
and discussion of what they like about these
works. This is followed by an in-depth discussion
and close-reading by LaFemina on a favorite poem.
Driscoll: TBA
Friday 1/8:
9:00-10:00 Breaking down the writer's block
(LaFemina)
10:15-11:45
Poetry Workshop- LaFemina
Fiction Workshop- Driscoll
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Driscoll reading and q-
and-a
Saturday 1/9:
9:00-10:00 How to generate your own
inspiration and work starters (Driscoll)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks
Driscoll: TBA
LaFemina: Voice, Line, Image, Duende
2:00-3:00 Mike Callaghan from the Dunes Review
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 1/10:
9:00-10:00 Last questions
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch together
Goodbyes
9:00-10:00 How to generate your own
inspiration and work starters (Driscoll)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks
Driscoll: TBA
LaFemina: Voice, Line, Image, Duende
2:00-3:00 Mike Callaghan from the Dunes Review
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 1/10:
9:00-10:00 Last questions
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch together
Goodbyes
April 8-11, 2010
| Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center | Higgins Lake, MI |
Tuition and costs: Four days of workshop $150 with a $25 discount for Peninsula Writers members
Room and board (dinner Thursday through lunch Sunday): $225 double occupancy $275 single occupancy
(payable on arrival).
$25 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by April 1, 2010. Click here to download the mail-in registration
form.
Room and board (dinner Thursday through lunch Sunday): $225 double occupancy $275 single occupancy
(payable on arrival).
$25 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by April 1, 2010. Click here to download the mail-in registration
form.
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Winter Heat
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