Brooklyn Bookfest

Posted on September 1, 2010 by SJW

Sunday, September 12, 2010

10am: How Things Shake Out. Stewart O’Nan (Songs For the Missing), Siri Hustvedt (The Shaking Woman) and T Cooper, The Beaufort Diaries read from their new books and discuss the intersection of reality and fiction. ST. FRANCIS MARONEY SCREENING ROOM

2pm: What Fresh Hell is This? Imagine you’re stuck someplace. You can’t get out. The behavior of everyone around you continually increases your discomfort. Now what do you do? Readings by Sigrid Nunez, Stewart O’Nan, and Benjamin Percy, followed by Q&A. ST. FRANCIS READING ROOM

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Author Shares Joys and Failures of Writing

Posted on October 22, 2009 by SJW

Stewart O’Nan took the podium Wednesday night in Konover auditorium to discuss his string of hugely successful novels and his well-noted writing career.

“I was never trained as I writer, I just used to write in my basement when I came home from work,” O’Nan said in an interview before his talk.

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Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference

Posted on June 25, 2009 by SJW

Sewanee Young Writers’ Conference

June 28 – July 11

A distinctive feature of the Young Writers’ Conference, made possible by our partnership with the famous Sewanee Writers’ Conference, is the impressive lineup of major authors who visit us, give a reading, then join a selected group of interested students for dinner.

Robert Benson, Creative Nonfiction
Arlene Hutton, Playwriting
Stewart O’Nan, Fiction and Nonfiction
Wyatt Prunty, Poetry