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Muse & the Marketplace 2018

Marcella Haddad

GrubStreet
Instructor
Boston

https://marcellaphaddad.wordpress.com/

I'm a writer of feminist and speculative fiction and poetry. I teach young adult and adult Sci-fi and Fantasy classes at Grubstreet, and I also work as an admissions coordinator for CIEE study abroad. I'm passionate about reading and supporting own voices narratives and improving representation in the writing community!

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

2I: Race, Identity & Craft in Fiction and NonfictionFULL Franklin Room - 4th FloorDavid Mura

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3K: When the Universal is Just Mainstream: Writing Rules That Fail Queer Authors Winthrop Room - 4th FloorMilo Todd

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4M: Writing Great Artist Statements for Fellowships, Residencies, MFA programs, & More St. James Room - 4th FloorJonathan Escoffery • Shubha Sunder

5:00pm EDT

7:00pm EDT

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

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

5B: The Motivated Writer: Using Athletes' Techniques to Keep Yourself Going: Section A Charles River Room - 4th FloorHenriette Lazaridis

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

12:45pm EDT

6B: Agents and Editors of Color Roundtable Stuart Room - 4th FloorJennifer De Leon • Patricia Engel • Christine Pride • Asata Radcliffe • Eric Smith • Jennifer Chen Tran

2:15pm EDT

Break TBA

2:45pm EDT

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

4:15pm EDT

8B: Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Writing About Black Life Newbury Room - 4th FloorNicole Blades

5:15pm EDT

7:00pm EDT

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

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore and Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9B: Fantastic Extremes: The Environments of Speculative Fiction Winthrop Room - 4th FloorSara Rivera

11:30am EDT

10K: Writing Memoir: Or, How to Take Your Most Private, Painful Story, Shape it into a Cohesive Narrative and Send it out into the World Beacon Hill Room - 4th FloorTova Mirvis

1:00pm EDT

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