NYS Summer Writers Institute announces special events
Robert Boyers and Jamaica Kincaid, who reads
Thursday, July 23.
The New York State Summer Writers Institute at Skidmore gets under way Monday, June 29, and runs until Friday, July 24.
Operated under the auspices of the Office of the Dean of Special Programs at Skidmore and the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany, and directed by Robert Boyers, professor of English at Skidmore, the summer program features creative writing workshops in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. An extraordinary staff of distinguished writers, among them winners of such major honors as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, serve as institute faculty members. They also—along with guest authors—participate in the series of free readings held during the evenings throughout the month.
Robert Pinsky, who reads Friday, July 17.
The 2015 Summer Writers Institute schedule of readings follows. All are free and open to the public. Each begins at 8 p.m. and with the exception of the July 10 Joyce Carol Oates reading, all take place in Davis Auditorium of Palamountain Hall.
Monday, June 29: Linda Spalding (fiction) and Phillip Lopate (non-fiction)
Tuesday, June 30: Francine Prose (fiction) and Caryl Phillips (fiction)
Wednesday, July 1: Michael Ondaatje (fiction) and Campbell McGrath (poetry)
Thursday, July 2: Charles Simic (poetry) and Howard Norman (fiction)
Friday, July 3: Claire Messud (fiction) and Elizabeth Benedict (fiction)
Monday, July 6: Carolyn Forche (poetry) and Victoria Redel (fiction)
Tuesday, July 7: Frank Bidart (poetry) and Rivka Galchen (fiction)
Wednesday, July 8: Mary Gaitskill (fiction) and Honor Moore (non-fiction)
Thursday, July 9: Joseph O’Neill (fiction) and Joanna Scott (fiction)
Friday, July 10: Joyce Carol Oates (fiction) Gannett Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
Monday, July 13: Amy Hempel (fiction) and William Kennedy (fiction)
Henri Cole (left), who reads July 23, and Rick Moody,
who reads July 15. (All photos by Jim McLaughlin)
Tuesday, July 14: Ann Beattie (fiction) and Tom Healy (poetry)
Wednesday, July 15: Rick Moody (fiction) and Lloyd Schwartz (poetry)
Thursday, July 16: Nick Flynn (non-fiction) and Adam Braver (Fiction)
Friday, July 17: Robert Pinsky (poetry) and Peg Boyers (poetry)
Monday, July 20: Cristina Garcia (fiction) and Wayne Koestenbaum (poetry)
Tuesday, July 21: Russell Banks (fiction) and Chase Twichell (poetry)
Wednesday, July 22: Laura Kipnis (non-fiction) and Jim Miller (non-fiction)
Thursday, July 23: Jamaica Kincaid (fiction) and Henri Cole (poetry)
Friday, July 24: Paul Harding (fiction) and Binnie Kirshenbaum (fiction)
