Reginald Gibbons, recently named to receive the 2004 O.B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize from the Folger Shakespeare Library, is among the faculty who will give public readings of their work during the July residency of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
Gibbons joins previous Hardison Prize recipients Ellen Bryant Voigt (also the MFA program founder) and Heather McHugh among those scheduled to read during the 10-day residency. All public MFA readings and lectures, each lasting about one hour, by faculty and graduating students are free of charge. For details call the MFA office at (828) 771-3715. Following is the complete public schedule:
Readings (8:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall behind the College Chapel unless otherwise indicated)
Thursday, July 1 � Charles D�Ambrosio, Megal Staffel, Elizabeth Arnold, Larry Watson.
Friday, July 2 � Matthea Harvey, Kevin McIlvoy, Martha Rhodes, Peter Turchi, Thomas Lux.
Saturday, July 3 - Joan Aleshire, Laura Kasischke, Stephen Dobyns, Debra Spark, Ellen Bryant Voigt.
Sunday, July 4 (Canon Lounge of Gladfelter Student Center) � Karen Brennan, Brooks Haxton, David Haynes, Heather McHugh, C.J. Hribal.
Monday, July 5 � Reginald Gibbons, Lan Samantha Chang, Alan Williamson, Tracy Daugherty, Eleanor Wilner.
Wednesday, July 7 � Jesse Lichtenstein, Genanne Walsh, Ethna McKiernan, Jim Walker.
Thursday, July 8 � Colleen Abel, Heather McElhatton, Sally Molini, Margaret Serich.
Friday, July 9 � Mary Lou Buschi, Karen Fein, Peg Cronin, Sonya Hess, Rachel Webster.
Saturday, July 10 (4:30 p.m., followed by graduation ceremony) � Erin Stalcup, Daniel Johnson, Jim Zervanos, Bliss Morehead.
Lectures (in the Fellowship Hall unless otherwise indicated)
Friday, July 2 (11:15 a.m.) � Heather McHugh, �Poetry and the Open Mind.�
Saturday, July 3 (11:15 a.m.) � Tracy Daugherty, �A Pigeon Coop, A Crystal Palace: On Philosophy and Fiction.�
Sunday, July 4 (10:30 a.m., Canon Lounge) � Debra Spark, �Stand Back.�
Monday, July 5 (11:15 a.m.) � Brooks Haxton, �Rhythmic Plot.�
Wednesday, July 7 (11 a.m.) � Stephen Dobyns, �The Syllable in Love and War.�
Thursday, July 8 (11 a.m.) � Peter Turchi, �Travels with Charlie, Part 2�; or �Hiding the Elephant�; or �I Am the Walrus (Goo Goo Ga Joob).�
Friday, July 9 (10:30 a.m.) � Mattea Harvey, �Imaginary Worlds.�
Saturday, July 10 (11:15 a.m.) � Laura Kasischke, �Smiling, Recognizing, and Going Dark.�
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