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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 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: George Dila
George Dila's short fiction and personal essays have appeared in
North American Review, Driftwood, Current, Christian Science Monitor,
Traverse, and other publications. His short story collection, The End of
the World, was published by Pure Heart Press in 2006. Novelist
Joshua Henkin called the collection "compelling from start to finish."
Dila is the Founder/Director of the Ludington Visiting Writers literary
program, and is the Fiction Editor of Third Wednesday Journal. A native
Detroiter and graduate of Wayne State University, George now lives in
Ludington with his wife Judith.
George Dila's short fiction and personal essays have appeared in
North American Review, Driftwood, Current, Christian Science Monitor,
Traverse, and other publications. His short story collection, The End of
the World, was published by Pure Heart Press in 2006. Novelist
Joshua Henkin called the collection "compelling from start to finish."
Dila is the Founder/Director of the Ludington Visiting Writers literary
program, and is the Fiction Editor of Third Wednesday Journal. A native
Detroiter and graduate of Wayne State University, George now lives in
Ludington with his wife Judith.
Poetry Faculty: Gerry LaFemina
Gerry LaFemina’s most recent book is the prose poem collection
Figures from The Big Time Circus Book/ The Book of Clown Baby. For
The Parakeets of Brooklyn he received the 2003 Bordighera Prize.
His other books include Zarathustra in Love and The Window Facing
Winter. He’s also co-editor, with Dan Crocker, of Poetry 30, co-
editor, with Chad Prevost, of Evensong: Contemporary American
Poets on Spirituality, and co-editor, with Dennis Hinrichsen, of
Review Revue. Currently he directs the Frostburg Center for
Creative Writing at Frostburg State University where he also
teaches.
Gerry LaFemina’s most recent book is the prose poem collection
Figures from The Big Time Circus Book/ The Book of Clown Baby. For
The Parakeets of Brooklyn he received the 2003 Bordighera Prize.
His other books include Zarathustra in Love and The Window Facing
Winter. He’s also co-editor, with Dan Crocker, of Poetry 30, co-
editor, with Chad Prevost, of Evensong: Contemporary American
Poets on Spirituality, and co-editor, with Dennis Hinrichsen, of
Review Revue. Currently he directs the Frostburg Center for
Creative Writing at Frostburg State University where he also
teaches.
Thursday 1/8:
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.
Dila: Novel beginnings/Opening Words – A contest
Friday 1/9:
9:00-10:00 Work generating exercises (LaFemina)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Dila reading and q-and-a
Special Guest Reading
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.
Dila: Novel beginnings/Opening Words – A contest
Friday 1/9:
9:00-10:00 Work generating exercises (LaFemina)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Dila reading and q-and-a
Special Guest Reading
Saturday 1/10:
9:00-10:00 Dila: Presentation - Making the Scene
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks:
Dila: “Don’t try this at home” - Odd story structure
LaFemina: Drafting, drafting, drafting....
2:00-3:00
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 1/11:
9:00-10:00 Last questions
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch together
Goodbyes
9:00-10:00 Dila: Presentation - Making the Scene
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks:
Dila: “Don’t try this at home” - Odd story structure
LaFemina: Drafting, drafting, drafting....
2:00-3:00
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 1/11:
9:00-10:00 Last questions
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch together
Goodbyes
January 8-11, 2009
| Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center | Higgins Lake, MI |
Tuition and costs: Four days of workshop $125
Room and board (dinner Thursday through lunch Sunday): $210 double occupancy $250 single occupancy
(payable on arrival).
$25 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by Jan 1, 2009. Click here to download the mail-in registration
form.
Room and board (dinner Thursday through lunch Sunday): $210 double occupancy $250 single occupancy
(payable on arrival).
$25 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by Jan 1, 2009. Click here to download the mail-in registration
form.
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Winter Heat
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