2009 Institute
Participants will be placed in one of the four workshops and will work with that group throughout the conference.
Everyone’s a Star: Performing Hamlet in the Classroom
Imagining a filmic version of the words on the page, we’ll bring the meanings of this classic text to life through performance.
Gail Houston, a Victorianist and a Professor of English at UNM, has enacted many texts by Shakespeare, Dickens, the Brontës, Bram Stoker, George Eliot, Henry James and others in her classrooms.
The Value of Memory in Memoir
How do writers bring the remembered past to life in compelling memoir? We’ll explore how to create multidimensional characters and narrative reflection?
Marisa Clark, a Lecturer in UNM’s English Department, teaches and writes nonfiction and fiction. At home, she keeps busy with her menagerie of pets.
Reading and the Craft of Poetry
We’ll explore the many ways a poem can satisfy its readers, using sound, imagery, emotion, beauty and everyday experience. Come prepared to read, respond, and generate your own poetry.
Amy Beeder, the author of Burn the Field, teaches poetry at UNM. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, Poetry Daily, Ploughshares, AGNI, The Nation, and elsewhere.
Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
How can we use the everyday objects around us--kitchen implements, cars, tools, family photo albums—as a starting point for creative production of short fiction and poetry?
Jack Trujillo has taught in the UNM English Department for 11 years. He is just about finished with his novel, Dancing With Pancho Villa, set in a small village along the Rio Grande.
Program Schedule
Saturday July 11
10:00 to 10:45 Conference Check-in
11:00 to 1:30 Lunch, Opening, Keynote
2:00 to 5:00
First Workshop Session
Evening:
Free time, Homework
Sunday, July 12
7:30 to 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 to 11:30 Second Workshop Session
11:30 to 1:00 Buffet Lunch
1:00 to 4:00 Third Workshop Session
5:00 to 8:00 Reception and Open Mic Reading
Keynote Speaker—Greg Martin
The Art of Yearning: Teaching and Writing the Stories that Matter Most
Greg Martin, author of the award-winning memoir Mountain City, was named UNM's Outstanding Teacher of the Year for 2007-2008.
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