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It
had been startling and
disappointing to me to
find out that story books
had been written by people,
that books were not natural
wonders, coming up of
themselves like grass.
Yet regardless of where
they came from, I cannot
remember a time when
I was not in love with
them—with the
books themselves, cover
and binding and the paper
they were printed on,
with their smell and
their weight and with
their possession in my
arms, captured and carried
off to myself. |
Eudora
Welty, |
One
Writer’s Beginnings |
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Pulitzer
Prize-Winning Playwright and
Screenwriter Horton Foote |
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A distinctive feature of the Young Writers’ Conference, made
possible by our partnership with the famous Sewanee Writers’ Conference, is the
impressive lineup of major authors who visit us, give a reading, then join a selected
group of interested students for dinner. Every summer, Sewanee Young Writers have
broken bread with Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and other literary
celebrities. And to make sure they have something to talk about, we ask our participants
to read a book by each of our visitors before arriving in Sewanee. During the first week, they attend a discussion of
that book, led by a member of Sewanee’s English department. When our visitors arrive
in the second week, they are greeted by a well-informed audience, prepared to ask good questions and make the most of the
opportunity. |
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Click on the name of the special guest about whom you would like to learn more. |
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