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The Mark Twain House & Museum
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Writers Weekend
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July 9-11, 2021
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https://marktwainhouse.org/event/2021-virtual-writers-weekend
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(schedule subject to change)
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FRIDAY, JULY 9
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7 p.m.
Keynote: Jennifer Finney Boylan
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8 p.m.
Cocktail Hour: Come on Screen and Say Hello!
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EVENTSESSION ASESSION B
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SATURDAY, JULY 10
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9-9:25 a.m.
Welcome/Opening Remarks: Jennifer LaRue, Director of Public Programs, The Mark Twain House & Museum
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9:30-10:25 a.m.
Panel Discussion: What a Year It's Been: Three WW20 Presenters Reflect, with Tianna Glass-Tripp, Julia Pistell, and Chris Grosso
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10:30-11:25 a.m.
Breakout Session 1
Chion Wolf: How Do You Make an Audacious Radio Show?
Alan Maislen: Playing for a Living: Thoughts on Copywriting and Creativity
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11:30 a.m.-12:25 p.m.
Breakout Session 2
Bessy Reyna: Poetry as Memoir
Jill Fletcher: Mystery Writing
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1:00 p.m.
Keynote: Matthew Salesses
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2:15-3:10 p.m.
Breakout Session 3
A.J. O'Connell: Write Where You Are
William Mann with Frank Rizzo: Writing Biography
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3:15-4:10 p.m.
Breakout Session 4
Dan Gerstein: Ghostwriting
Dana Rau: Mark, Miles, Dorothy, or Destiny? Naming Characters for Maximum Impact
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4:15-5:10 p.m.
Conversation: Jay McInerney and Susan Campbell
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5:15-6:10 p.m.
Panel Discussion: What, and Where, We're Writing Now: Hartford Courant Alumni, moderator Frank Rizzo with Roger Catlin, Susan Campbell, Donna Larcen, and Greg Morago
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7:00 p.m.
Keynote: Dr. Francois Clemmons
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SUNDAY, JULY 11
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9-9:55 a.m.
Panel Discussion: Authors Among Us: Hartford-Area Authors Share Their Stuff, with Susan Schoenberger, P. Djeli Clark, Ethan Rutherford, Drew John Ladd, and Howard Greenblatt
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10:-10:55 a.m.
Jacopo della Quercia: The Hilarity of History
TBA
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11-11:55 a.m.
Tanya McKinnon: Working with an AgentTBA
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12-12:55 p.m.
Conversation: Notes on the Writing of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder: Robert Freedman and Rachel Alderman
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1 p.m.
Farewell/Closing Remarks: Jennifer LaRue
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