Tsuris and Other Literary Pleasures
The Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing
invites you to
Tsuris and Other Literary Pleasures:
An International Creative Writing Conference
in honor of Allen Hoffman's Retirement
Sunday-Tuesday, May 6-8, 2012, Bar-Ilan Campus, Beck Auditorium unless otherwise indicated
Sunday, May 6 Tsuris and Humor, An Evening with Allen Hoffman and Joseph Skibell
17:15-18:00 Reception in honor of Allen Hoffman's retirement
18:00-20:00 Readings and Conversation with Allen Hoffman and Joseph Skibell
Monday, May 7 Other Literary Pleasures
9:30-11:00 Panel discussion on Hoffman's writing, moderated by Michael Kramer, with Sharon Baris Bill Kolbrener and Shira Wolosky, with Linda Zisquit reading comments by Steve Stern, Melvin Bukiet, Mark Mirsky and Sidra Ezrachi
11:30-12:30 Readings by Hoffman's graduates: Janice Weizman, Sophie Judah, Shantam Zohar and Judy Labensohn
13:45-15:30 Storytelling Across Cultures : Open writing workshop with Rob Handel
16:00-17:15 Poetry discussion with Fulbright Visiting Scholar E. Ethelbert Miller and Joy Katz
18:30-20:00 Poetry reading with E. Ethelbert Miller and Joy Katz
Tuesday, May 8 More Literary Pleasures: A Day of Open Workshops
10:00-11:30 Creative nonfiction with Joseph Skibell and E. Ethelbert Miller
12:00-13:30 Poetry with Linda Zisquit and Joy Katz
14:00-15:30 Fiction with Evan Fallenberg and Joan Leegant
16:00-17:30 Reading by Fulbright Scholars E. E. Miller, R. Nadler and J.Newberry
Tusday, May 8 The 6th Annual Shaindy Rudoff Memorial Evening in memory of Founding Director Shaindy Rudoff, z"l in Feldman Auditorium
17:45-18:30 Reception
18:30-20:00 Suddenly, A Knock at the Door
Reading by Etgar Keret and in conversation with Evan Fallenberg
All sessions are free and open to the public.
We thank the United States-Israel Educational Foundation, The Lechter Institute for Literary Research, the Kaplan Program for American LIterature and The Lewis Family Foundation for International Conferences for their support.
