Press Releases

May 13, 2002
Southampton Writers Conference Offers Subscription Tickets to Public

Contact:
Patricia Conway (PR@southampton.liu.edu)
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081

The Southampton College Writers Conference 2002 is offering a limited number of subscription tickets to the public for afternoon and evening talks by the conference participants. Readings will feature world-renowned visiting authors including novelists E.L. Doctorow and Margaret Atwood, playwright John Guare, and screenwriter and director Nora Ephron as well as Southampton College faculty members. Evening readings will take place in Duke Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $300 for the series and will not be available at the door. For more information call the Summer Office at Southampton College of Long Island University, (631)287-8175.

Speaker Schedule July 17, Wednesday: 7:30 - 9:00: Jules Feiffer, Keynote Address July 18, Thursday: 4:00 - 5:00: Dava Sobel July 19, Friday: 4:00 - 5:00: Jane Isay, Robert Gottlieb 7:30 - 9:00: Nora Ephron

July 20, Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00: Matt Klam 7:30 - 9:00: Billy Collins

July 21, Sunday: 4:00 - 5:00: Nan Talese, Alice Mayhew 7:30 - 9:00: Bharati Mukherjee

July 22, Monday: 4:00 - 5:00: Annette Gordon-Reed 7:30 - 9:00: Staged Reading of John Guare play

July 23, Tuesday: 4:00 - 5:00: Open for flexibility 7:30 - 9:00: Frank McCourt

July 24, Wednesday: 4:00 - 5:00: Elizabeth Wurtzel 7:30 - 9:00: Clark Blaise

July 25, Thursday: 4:00 - 5:00: Screenwriting Panel with Kaylie Jones, Terry George, and friends 7:30 - 9:00: E.L. Doctorow

July 26, Friday: 4:00 - 5:00: Chip Cooper, Photographer 7:30 - 9:00: Roger Rosenblatt

July 27, Saturday: 4:00 - 5:00: Participant Reading

The Writers Conference is part of Southampton College's Program in Writing. The program's regular faculty include essayist Roger Rosenblatt, novelists Indira Ganesan and Robert Reeves, and distinguished authors including Shana Alexander, Spalding Gray, Jules Feiffer, Kaylie Jones, Matt Klam, Avery Corman, Billy Collins, and Peter Matthiessen. The program has formed a partnership with the 92nd Street Y in New York where it helps sponsor the discussion series "Roger Rosenblatt and Friends."

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