[CW-Grad] Writers Week Postgame Report

[Eric Shonkwiler]

Agreed, I really enjoyed all of the events.  Thank you, Professor.

Eric

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Robin Russin <robin.russin at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Michael-- a great event, and a charming, dapper master of ceremonies, if I
> may say so.
>
> Robin
>
>
> On Feb 15, 2010, at 10:41 AM, <mjayme at ucr.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Thank you everyone for helping make this year's Writers Week conference
> such a
> thrill and a success.  It was good to see many of you again and again over
> the
> course of the week.  I recognize how busy we all are, and with this in
> mind, I do
> appreciate you making time to drop in on a visiting poet or journalist or
> fiction
> writer.
>
> Thank you in particular to our current Chair, Chuck Whitney, who has always
> been incredibly supportive to Writers Week.  He suggested this year's Hays
> Lecturer, Lawrence Wright, and made the connection to bring him to UCR and
> the surrounding community.  Wright's lecture was terrifically attended,
> many
> books were sold, and by all accounts the event was a resounding success.
>  All of
> this began with Chuck's work.
>
> Thank you also to our forthcoming Chair, Tom Lutz, who brought us a
> wonderful keynote speaker in Janet Fitch, and did so in clutch fashion, as
> an
> unforeseen change in the schedule came in the very final planning stage.
> Thank you also to all the other faculty who called in favors to help solve
> this
> year's keynote issue.  Your generosity was tremendous, and it appears that,
> with
> a proper budget and fingers crossed, we may already have a keynote for next
> year.
>
> Thank you also to Chris Buckley, who once again assembled a terrific
> assortment of poetic voices, and to Rob Latham in English, who did the same
> in
> Science Fiction.  Thank you to all the other faculty--Susan, Laila, Juan
> Felipe,
> Reza, Claire, and Robin--who contributed readings and introductions and
> class
> time for our visiting authors.
>
> Thank you also to Yvonne.  Thank you also to Tiffany.  Their help, both
> this past
> week and throughout the year, made Writers Week come together.  Without
> their
> hard work, I really don't know how the conference could happen.
>
> Thank you also to Brian Marcelo, our department's work-study student, for
> his
> many, many efforts.  From brochure designer to public relations person to
> bookseller, his contributions were many, and were definitely appreciated.
>
> Thank you to Ching-In and Alison and Angela and Deja and Judy for
> volunteering their time to sell books over the week.  The bookstore also
> warrants a thank-you too, for ensuring that we had books to sell, some well
> in
> advance of their actual release date!  Thank you too to Bonnie and Jie and
> Kaitlin
> for their thoughtful introductions as well.
>
> Apologies in advance if I am forgetting anyone.  I am appreciative, but
> it's been
> an eventful week.
>
> A final development too: Because novelist Dolen Perkins-Valdez was snowed
> in
> this past week, I am looking to reschedule her reading for the spring,
> hopefully
> in May.  More information on this as it becomes available.
>
> All best,
>
> Michael Jayme
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> by Herman Melville
>
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