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DREAMWalker Group
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Saints & Sinners
Alternative Literary Festival
May 8 – 12, 2008, in New Orleans, Louisiana
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WHAT
The dates for the Sixth
Annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival are May 8 to 11, 2008.
Dorothy Allison,
Mark Doty, Jewelle Gomez,
Jim Grimsley,
Aaron
Hamburger,
Stephen McCauley,
Val McDermid, Tim
Miller,
Michelle Tea, and Elizabeth
Whitney are already confirmed and we hope that you will join us in the
French Quarter for a weekend of literary revelry.
The Master Class lineup includes
Aaron
Hamburger: Transcending Seeing for Setting ;
Amie M. Evans: The
Fine Art of Wowing an Audience;
Stephen McCauley:
Real Live Characters;
Val McDermid:
From Idea to Finished Book;
Jim Grimsley: Reassessing a
Problem Manuscript -- Strategies for the Second Draft;
Michelle Tea: Your DIY
Career -- How to Build a Sustainable Writing Life from the Ground
Up; Dorothy
Allison: Uncensored; and
Mark Doty: The Challenges of
the Memoir. A number of exciting social events are also being
planned -- including a premiere production of the full-length play
from our second annual contest (winner to be announced), a
performance of A Day Without Sunshine by Elizabeth
Whitney, and a performance of Us by Tim
Miller. Feel free to email ideas for literary panel topics and ideas for
discussions. If you are planning to register for the event and
would like to participate in the reading series, there are still
reading spaces available. (This information is subject to
change. For up-to-date information, go to http://sasfest.org.
Dozens of the most dynamic authors, editors,
publishers, activists and readers will be on hand to teach, present and
perform at this year's literary weekend.
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DONATE
YOUR
participation in and generous support of
Saints & Sinners will directly benefit the
NO/AIDS Task Force and help
rebuild the GLBTIQA (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex)
cultural and literary community in New Orleans.
To register or for more info, visit
http://sasfest.org.
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