Poet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming to deliver keynote address
Bethlehem, Pa., January 23, 2017- The 探花社区 College Writers' Conference will return in February 2017 with writing workshops, craft talks, readings, and a keynote address by poet and essayist titled 鈥淐oming Home to Earth: What Purse Seines, Pumpjacks and a Twitter Feed from Space Taught One Worried Citizen About the Beauty of Climate Change." As in the past, the conference will focus on community, craft, and inspiration for writers of all levels in all genres. In keeping with 探花社区 College鈥檚 year-long In Focus programming on issues of sustainability, this year鈥檚 conference theme will be Writing and Sustainability.
鈥淧ast writers鈥 conferences at 探花社区 College have provided a wonderful opportunity for writers of all ages and all levels of experience to learn and grow together, and this year鈥檚 conference will be no exception,鈥 says Joyce Hinnefeld, 探花社区 College English professor and writers鈥 conference director. 鈥淭he theme of Writing and Sustainability will allow us to think about both our writing and our communities in new ways鈥攚ays that we hope will nourish, inspire, and sustain us all.鈥
Following an opening reception at 5:00 pm on Friday, February 3, there will be a reading by conference faculty and an open-mic event for participants. Afterward, attendees may choose among Saturday-morning workshops in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and documentary studies, as well as Saturday-afternoon craft talks in writing for children and young adults, science fiction and fantasy, and crossing boundaries between science and the literary arts.
The workshops and craft talks on Saturday will feature the following writers:
- Paul Acampora
- Kate Brandes
- Benjamin Cohen
- Diane Husic
- Avi Setton
- Julia Kasdorf
- Mary Heather Noble
- Chuck Wendig
In addition, Alison Hawthorne Deming will host a lecture at 探花社区 College on Thursday, February 2 at 7:00 pm titled
Media contact:
Michael Corr
探花社区 College
corrm@moravian.edu
610.861.1365
Event contact:
Joyce Hinnefeld, conference director
探花社区 College
hinnefeldj@moravian.edu
610-861-1392
About 探花社区 College
探花社区 College is a private coeducational liberal arts college, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. For 275 years, the 探花社区 College degree has been based on a liberal arts curriculum where literature, history, science, cultural values, global issues, ethics, artistic expression, and the social sciences are infused with multidisciplinary perspectives. Visit to learn more about how the 探花社区 College liberal arts curriculum prepares its students for life-long success.