The 2011 Fall for the Book festival promises an array of authors, poets, artists, historians, and folklorists from around the country, including featured guests Amy Tan, Stephen King, Claudia Rankine, and Mary Carr. Also participating are many members of the Mason community and our own English department faculty, students, and alums. Below is a schedule of on- and off-campus events you won't want to miss, so mark your calendars and plan head. Visit the link to the left to download a festival program for a complete listing of events.
Sunday, September 18
3:00pm at Old Town Hall in Fairfax, VA | MFA Fellows Reading, including fiction writers Elizabeth Gutting and Sarah Silberman; poets Paul Fauteax, Siwar Masannat, and Jack Snyder; and non-fiction writer Warren Ciabattoni.
7:30pm in Harris Theater, Fairfax campus | Mary Robert Rinehart Award Presentation to Mary Karr
Monday, September 19
12:00pm in Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Fairfax campus | Novelist & Short Story Writer Laura Ellen Scott
Tuesday, September 20
4:30pm in Center for the Arts, Grand Tier III, Fairfax campus | Novelists Alan Cheuse & Allegra Goodman
7:30pm in Center for the Arts, Concert Hall, Fairfax campus | Fairfax Prize Presentation to Amy Tan
Wednesday, September 21
1:30pm in Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Fairfax campus | So To Speak Founders Panel with Jamy Bond, Leslie Bumstead, Jean Donnelly, & Colleen Kearney Rich
5:30pm at Founders Hall, Arlington campus | Folklorist Debra Lattanzi Shutika
7:30pm in Center for the Arts, Grand Tier III, Fairfax campus | MFA Alumni Reading featuring Matt Norman, Brian Barker, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, & Supriya Bhatanagar
Thursday, September 22
7:30pm in Harris Theater, Fairfax campus | Busboy’s and Poets Award Presentation to Claudia Rankine
Friday, September 23
12:00pm in Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Fairfax campus | MFA Alumni Reading featuring Danny Collum, Nicole Reid, & Yelizaveta Renfro
4:30pm in Research Hall, Room 163, Fairfax campus| Breakthrough Poets Panel with Brian Barker, Rebecca Dunham, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Nadine Sabra Meyer, & Sarah Perrier
6:00pm at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, MD | Poet Claudia Rankine
7:30pm in Center for the Arts, Concert Hall, Fairfax campus | Mason Award Presentation to Stephen King
8:00pm at The Old Firestation #3 in Fairfax, VA | Breakthrough Poets Reading featuring poets form the Breakthrough Poets Panel listed above
September 13, 2011