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Della Leavitt

Chicago, IL
My revised manuscript is entitled, The Measure of a Teacher. It is a story about the intersecting lives of Chicago teachers and students during the first decade of the Millennium.
Friday, April 6
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: "How to Stay a Writer" Grand Ballroom - MezzanineSonya Larson • Min Jin Lee

10:15am EDT

1A: Before You Query Agents: What Fiction Writers Should First Do Online & in Real Life Whittier Room - 4th FloorKatherine Fausset

11:45am EDT

2J: Shut Up and Listen: Crafting Literary Voice from Literal Voices Cabot Room - 4th FloorXhenet Aliu

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3I: Saying the UnsayableFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorBrendan Mathews

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4G: Introducing Unforgettable CharactersFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorUrsula DeYoung

5:00pm EDT

Lit Lounge TBA

7:00pm EDT

Spotlight: Race and Power in Boston Arlington Room - Park Plaza Hotel, Mezzanine LevelLatoyia Edwards • Andrew Ryan • Adrian Walker • Patricia Wen
 
Saturday, April 7
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: "Appropriation: Uh-oh, No-no, or #Appropro?" Grand Ballroom - MezzanineCeleste Ng • Peter Ho Davies

10:30am EDT

5F: Keynote "Carryover" Conversation on Cultural AppropriationFULL Cabot Room - 4th FloorPeter Ho Davies • Celeste Ng

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

12:45pm EDT

6D: First Page Clinic: Making the Most of It White Hill Room - 4th FloorMichael Borum • Elinor Lipman • Stephen McCauley • Mameve Medwed • Sebastian Stuart

2:45pm EDT

7F: Outsider as Insider: Subverting and Resisting Cultural Expectations in Fiction Cabot Room - 4th FloorPatricia Engel

4:15pm EDT

8D: Creating Pictures with Words: How and Why Visual Writing WorksFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorAnnie Weatherwax

5:15pm EDT

Lit Lounge TBA

7:00pm EDT

Spitballing...Returns! Boylston Room - Mezzanine LevelSari Boren • Sean Van Deuren • Ron MacLean • Quressa Robinson • Michelle Seaton • Rob Spillman
 
Sunday, April 8
 

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore and Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9D: Researching and Choosing Agents to QueryFULL Whittier Room - 4th FloorLouise Miller

11:30am EDT

10D: How to Write an Autobiographical NovelFULL Charles River Room - 4th FloorAlexander Chee

1:00pm EDT

Marketplace Keynote: “Selling Out Without Selling Out” Grand Ballroom - MezzanineSorche Fairbank • Steve Almond • Jenna Blum • Alexander Chee • Mitchell Zuckoff