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Sent: 31 January 2011 16:12
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Subject: Re: Association of Writing Programs Conference Schedule 2011: Wash
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Well, Patrick would be unable to resist going to this one:
R105. Faith and the Writer: Inspiration and Practice. (Dinah Lenney, Askold
Melnyczuk, Brenda Miller, Dani Shapiro, David Biespiel) Panelists will
discuss the link between faith and creativity in both secular and nonsecular
work. There is no question that writers and readers are looking for larger
meanings and resonances: but can art be accomplished without mysterious
influences? Are we hard-wired to seek divine inspiration, or is writing a
spiritual practice in and of itself? And is doubt a necessary component to
the art? To faith? To faith in art? Must we be absolute believers to carry
on?
Doug
On 2011-01-31, at 8:02 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> Would you pay $245 to attend this ? Only the memory of snapping
embarrassing photos of soon-to-be chairman of the National Endowment for the
Arts Dana Gioia on the dance floor remains from my immersion in this
conference on its last landing in this area. I await the collision between
the predicted ice storm and an over-inflated balloon.
>
> http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2011sched.php
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> Barry
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