Writers Week XIV Is Coming Soon!
Professional writers from six states will visit the Fremd Campus for Writers Week XIV! See the links on the main page for more information about these exciting guests!
Sharon Draper: Young Adult novelist; author of Tears of a Tiger, Copper Sun, and many others; former National Teacher of the Year
Beth Ann Fennelly: Poet; essayist; author of Tender Hooks, Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother, and others; Assistant Professor of English at University of Mississippi
LeAlan Jones: Co-author of Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago
Dave Clapper (Fremd ’84): Editor of Smokelong Quarterly
Dawn Meehan (Fremd ’88): Writer of the popular blog "Because I Said So"
Billy Lombardo: Author of The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories
Laura Van Prooyen: Poet; author of Inkblot and Altar
Daphne Willis & Co. (Fremd ’05): Singer/songwriter; CD: Matter of Time
Scott Woldman, Director and Playwright, and the cast of Speed Dating: The Musical
John O’Connor: Poet; author of Wordplaygrounds
Billy Kelly: Screenwriter of Enchanted, Premonition, and Blast from the Past
Mary Fons: Poet; freelance writer; author of "The Texas EP"
Regie Gibson: Poet; author of Storms Beneath the Skin
Len Upin: Former Fremd Art Department Chair; Stroke Survivor
Marc Smith: Poetry Slam Inventor; author of Crowdpleaser
posted by Gary @ 12:41 PM
5 Comments:
Can't wait, guys! Really looking forward to it.
Mary Fons was amazing first hour! She inspired breakdancing and left an indelible impression on two lucky students.
i liked it. it was interesting.I would like to see more studant speakers in the future.
Next week will feature more than 70 student writers!
I thought Billy Kelly had some very interesting things to say about being a screenwriter. I liked it a lot.
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