Published November 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. (Faculty read for 25 minutes.) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/books/bread-loaf-writers-conference-waiter.html. (I attended this year, though not as a wait scholar.). We also recommend that you bring a list of your current prescription and non-prescription medications and the phone and fax numbers foryourhealthcareprovider. I am a man who, like thousands of my fellow Americans, spends nearly all his free time on a pursuit that doesnt pay and offers few plausible paths to fame or fortune. Fellows who are uncomfortable sharing a room with another participant may make arrangements to stay off campus and let Bread Loaf staff know. Im 46 years old, sober, and hard-working, with more education than I know what to do with, yet Ive never made more than $40,000 a year, and most years I make less. Creative Writing. Applicants for financial assistance must submit an additional 300-word response to the question of why they want to attend the conference and what they hope to gain from it. Jeremiah Bentham to Alicia Whitehorn 1. At book signings and public readings, authors are hawking a product; theyll be nice to you, but only because they want you to buy their book. Why do we hate revision so much? We encourage you to bring antigen tests from home; the conference will also have antigen tests available. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 2023. If you have special needs for medical reasons, please let Noreen or Jason know right away, so arrangements can be madeforyou. But the experience was a complex one. Steven Wingate is the author of the novels The Leave-Takers (2021) and Of Fathers and Fire (2019), both part of the Flyover Fiction Series from the University of Nebraska Press. Bathing suityou can swim in Lake Pleiad (the outing will require use of a car and there is a short hike through the woods to get to the lake). At Barnard, I teach a class called Invention and Revision. The first assignment is to write a story that is seven pages long. Reminder: to make shared taxi arrangements from the Burlington Vermont Airport Bread Loafers reserve a ride withVermont Tour and Charter. The conference dates back to 1926 when poet Robert Frost and novelist Willa Cather decided to start a summer writers' camp on a horse farm near Middlebury College. These readings can be a lot of fun, and when faculty and fellows attend, it boosts morale considerably. Susan Bernofsky reads an excerpt from her translation of Yoko Tawada's Memoirs of a Polar Bear at the 2018 Bread Loaf Translators' Conference. A Burlington Pup Visited Every Vermont Town and Peed in Most, Too, 2. Once I wrapped my head around that, I tried to make it happen.. She and Kwon told Grotz and the other conference organizers that they wanted writing institutions like Bread Loaf to be more supportive of people from marginalized identities. Grab-and-Go containers will be available at the entrance to the buffet line, and options for enjoying a meal outdoors include a Dining Tent with tables and chairs, picnic tables and Adirondack chairs on the Bread Loaf lawns, and a selection of picnic blankets. If youre driving, you may want to bring a fan; there are no air conditioners on campus, and the evenings can be warm. program and a career as a poet and a teacher. 8/18/22- Readings by Elizabeth Nunez and . Bread Loaf Writers Conference For more than 50 years, though, being a "waiter" on the mountain campus of Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English meant something more. Lecture by Carl Phillips, "It Gets Wilder: On the Writing Life". Well check it out and report the results. Below youll see information that we hope will be helpful to you as youprepareforyourvisit. They describe this fantastic opportunity as follows: With a rich literary and intellectual tradition, the 98th annual Bread Loaf Writers' Conference brings together . (Last stat I saw said only 17% of applicants get admitted.) Bread Loaf Writers Conference Guest Post, Natalie Easton: Culture of Deflection: Gun Violence and Mental Illness January 25, 2018 Natalie Easton In 2015, the impossible happened: I was accepted to the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference as a contributor. Water fountains are located in the Barn, where most meeting spaces are located. The ideas developed here grew, in a topsy turvy way, out of an article I co-authored with Heidi Hartmann, entitled ''The Rhetoric of Self-Interest: Ideology of Gender in Economic Theory,'' presented at a conference memorably attended by Robert Coats, Arjo Klamer, Donald McCloskey, and Robert Solow, and published in the conference volume . When the population changes, when women are waiters, people of color are waiters, queer people are waiters, then it is no longer a light hazing.. Jason Lamb, coordinator, Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences (jlamb@middlebury.edu or 802-443-5286) Packing As we move some events to outdoor venues and also encourage Bread Loafers to eat outdoors, we want to remind you to pack layers so you will be able to bundle up. A Burton Snowboards Exhibit Spotlights Artist Scott Lenhardts Rad Skills, Katherine Leung Talks About Her 'Canto Cutie' Zine, Which Celebrates the Cantonese Diaspora, Courtesy Of Middlebury College Special Collections, A Bread Loaf Writer's Conference lecture in 1951. Visit the Front Desk in the Bread Loaf Inn for matters regarding your room and lodging, moose facts, lost and found items, local lore, information about local walking/running trails, buying postage, mailing packages, transportation tips, andothergeneralinformation. The Barn, located in a central spot on the Bread Loaf campus, is a place for participants to gather and socialize. We cannot be responsible for mail arriving before August 15 or after August 25, as the Bread Loaf post office willbeclosed. "The work-scholars were a significant aspect of the operation, but also identified as some of the most exciting and emergent voices," he said in a phone interview. Binoculars (for the nature walk, if you would like to attend). Titel: A Map for the Missing | Zusatz: A Novel | Medium: 125795946667 Faculty offer lectures on literary writing and classes on specific aspects of the craft. The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is an authors'_conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont.Founded in 1926, it has been called by The New Yorker "the oldest and most prestigious writers' conference in the country." Bread Loaf is a program of Middlebury College and at its inception was closely associated with Robert . The second assignment, three weeks later, is the same story, now 21 pages long. Fellows offering a class receive a stipend of $500 and fill out the required W9 and Middlebury limited engagement contract at the start of the session. Participants are responsible for knowing and understanding these polices, which are articulatedHERE. A phone card could also be useful as there are landlines available on the campususually one phone per floor in each of the buildings. 1:5-11) of . Publication date 1969 Topics Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and alumnae, American literature, Writers, Faculty & students, B&W photography, 35mm, Photographic negatives, Film photography. As businesses go, publishing is a lousy one, but itisa business, and given a choice between sending my work in over the digital transom and spending a few grand on awriters conference where I can get the full attention of agents and editors, as well as smart feedback on my manuscript from the workshop, Id write that check every time. Beyond offering frameworks for feedback as well as pathways of future self-study, our workshop leader melded us into a thoughtful group and provided ideas for how to support one another. Middlebury's Bread Loaf Mountain campus, nestled amid the Green Mountain National Forest in Ripton, Vermont, is home to two venerable programs: Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Bread Loaf School of English. Over dinner, writers, young and old, famous . Women waiters commiserated in the kitchen about certain male conference attendees whose stares lingered too long on our bodies, who put their hands on us to get our attention, called us Baby or Sweetheart, Ho wrote. To this end, yoga classes will be offered daily. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1966 by Lewis Publication date 1968 Topics Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and alumnae, American literature, Writers, Faculty & students, B&W photography, 35mm, Photographic negatives, Film photography Gaston,NC, My ten days on the mountain were transformative for my writing and my sense of myself as a writer. [5], Recent Faculty have included Julia Alvarez, Andrea Barrett, Charles Baxter, Linda Bierds, Robert Boswell, Lan Samantha Chang, Ted Conover, Mark Doty, Percival Everett, Lynn Freed, Linda Gregerson, Patricia Hampl, Edward Hirsch, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, William Kittredge, Antonya Nelson, Carl Phillips, Natasha Trethewey, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Daniel Wallace, and Dean Young. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 2023 Middlebury College Student Contributor Award in Nonfiction Ends on March 1, 2023 (in 6 days) Middlebury College Student Contributor Award in Nonfiction Guidelines Apply A locked liquor cabinet and refrigerator are on hand for storing your bottles. Champlain St. Ste. Lauren Francis-Sharma, assistant director, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference ( lfrancissharma@middlebury.edu or 802-443-5286) Noreen Cargill, administrative director, Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences ( ncargill@middlebury.edu or 802-443-5062) Jason Lamb, coordinator, Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences ( jlamb@middlebury.edu or 802-443-5286) Packing Burlington, VT 05401, Speaking of Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury College, A Mental Health Agency in Washington County Provides Doula Services to Families Free of Charge, Court Filing Reveals How Crypto Moguls Tarnished a Historic Vermont Election, Vermont Towns Consider Appointing Some Positions Instead of Electing Them, Book Review: 'Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time,' Sheila Liming, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Reenvisioned, Opens to the Public, Applications to Some Vermont Colleges Are Up Sharply This Year, Middlebury College Will Require Fall Students to Be Vaccinated, Vermont Colleges and Universities Announce Vaccine Requirements, Middlebury College Rescinds Rudy Giuliani's Honorary Degree, 1. "When I became the director, I asked myself, If I were starting this conference today, would I put in this work-study component?" From the Bread Loaf website , New for 2017 Bread Loaf Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholarships. 2. AA Meetingsare scheduled to take place daily from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in the Barn Observatory, an upstairs classroom with the entrance on the right side of the Barn building. Fail again. The Middlebury College athletics facilities, located on Middleburys main campus, are available to Bread Loaf participants; however, you will want to note that a car will be needed to get to the facilities. It will be important for you toprint the full set of materials for your workshop at homeso that you can bring the hardcopies along with you totheconference. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Martin. Hiking bootsin case you would like to explore hiking trails in the Green Mountain National Forest. ZU VERKAUFEN! Notification letters will be sent by email in late May. Not coincidentally, its the one thing that many writers on Bread Loaf Mountain and off are least likely to do. I can tell you, as a transgender person, that revision is not only the key to good writing. [4], In the 1960s the conference director was John Ciardi, who lost the support of the executives (particularly that of assistant director Paul Cubeta, who agitated strongly for increased salaries). If youre not a writer, most of what you know about Bread Loaf might come from an episode of The Simpsons, MoeNa Lisa, in which the seriess mendacious bartender, Moe, winds up at Word Loaf along with Lisa Simpson, who has helped him with his poetry. Michael Bourne writes Keeping the Faith: Ten Days at Bread Loaf at The Millions. (On a few occasions, these afternoon cocktail hours are preempted by all-conference cocktail parties, and you are also always welcome at the BarnSocial.). During Bottle Club, soda, juice, and mixers for drinks are provided, and you can bring your own alcohol. Sincerely, Sincerely, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Posted on May 22, 2017 by traceramsey@gmail.com Posted in Rejection After you arrive, you could share that floor phone number with family at home. The Front Desk staff member will transfer the call to your floor or take a messageforyou,ifneeded. Payments are mailed or directly deposited following the conference. Applications are accepted between November 1and February 15. Video: Trent Cooper Celebrates Three Years of Trents Bread in Westford, 3. Others have criticized the conference for its association with drinking and debauchery particularly in its earlier decades or for perpetuating elitist notions of who could be a great writer. Those selected for the position were rewarded with free attendance and the opportunity to give a reading during the conference. Alvarez added that she's been grateful for Grotz and Collier's efforts to make the community more inclusive and egalitarian. The following list includes all recordings that Bread Loaf has permission to post. The class schedule will be available in the packet you receive during orientation on Tuesday, August 16, at 8 p.m. (orientation takes place in the Barn). June 2 to 8, 2023APPLY NOW! It may be where state officials refuse to acknowledge a culture of homophobia. Plan to arrive on the Bread Loaf campus by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16. The conference has changed from its early days, though. 255 So. It will be with me for a long, long time, and I hope to come back again.Mary Terrier (Chabon: You fight like Anne Rice!). Pack your prescription medications and your medical insurance card. Participants meet individually with their faculty mentors. "The waiter-work scholars were about 20 writers, out of about 300 who attend the conference," Grotz said in a phone interview. Bread Loaf, which Middlebury College operates, began in 1926. On most evenings from 9:30 p.m. to midnight a Barn Pub is set up with beer and wine for purchase and soda and snacks available free of charge. You can also give people the Bread Loaf Office info, and we will get any messages toyou (e-mail:blwc@middlebury.edu;phone:802-443-5286). Follow Michael Washington on WordPress.com, Michael Bourne on the Bread Loaf WritersConference. Please do not plan on having cell phone service and make other arrangements before you travel to the conference. The Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is an author's conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont. Jamaica may be the scene of violent anti-gay murders. The Middlebury College Student Contributor Awards available to current undergraduates and recent alums of Middlebury College are accepted through midnight EST on March 1.Click here for moredetails. Here is my exact rejection, which comparing it to others posted on various message boards, is the lowest of the low: I am sorry to let you know that we are unable to offer you a work-study scholarship in fiction for the 2011 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Bain said in an email that Collier reduced the workload for waiters and stopped charging them for room and board. As mentioned above, plan to pack layers. As I wrote in a piece earlier this month, literary agents receive thousands, and in some cases, tens of thousands of query letters pitching unpublished books every year, and can take on only a handful of new writers. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is the oldest writers' conference in America, convening yearly in mid-August. We greatly appreciate your interest in the conference and truly wish we could host all of the deserving writers who apply. All of us wept as we told stories of our working-class backgrounds and stories of racism and sexism and how this experience brought up those issues, Aleshire said. 1:19; 1 Tim. In case of emergency dial 911 from any campus phone. For some, the constant rejection wore them down, while others simply needed to make more money, but most of the time, I think, they quit because they stopped believing in themselves as writers and, absent that belief, writing poems and stories came to seem an indulgence they could no longer afford. Its worth noting that virtually everything in that episode is wrong, except the hayride. Due to the size of the conference, changes in room assignments will notbepossible. Plenty of writers have worked in food service. In part, its because revision feels like failure. Each conference attendee can sign up for two private 15-minute meetings with an agent or editor, and an enterprising attendee can fit in four or five more by choosing the right seat at mealtimes or buttonholing an agent outside a Friday night dance. If youre able to bring your mat fromhome,pleasedo. BELINDA HUIJUAN TANG | A Map for the Missing | Taschenbuch | Englisch (2022) - EUR 20,29. Were sorry, but pets are not allowed on campus. Our rural and scenic setting amid the Green Mountains on Middleburys Bread Loaf campus provides an ideal environment for discussing manuscripts, sharing insights, getting to know agents and editors, and becoming acquainted with the next generation ofsignificantwriters. BL Environmental - Nonfiction spots still available! Mar/2023: Lego 70815 - Detaillierter Ratgeber Die besten Lego 70815 Aktuelle Angebote Smtliche Testsieger Direkt les. 8/17/22- Welcome by Jennifer Grotz with Laurie Patton; Reading by Ilya Kaminsky. Working as a waiter during the 10-day Bread Loaf conference each August was a rite of passage for many writers. Ripton,VT05766, Participants Name home/garden Each year we receive applications from many more writers than we can invite. It's "designed for learning rather than for on-site writing." Charles Rosen , The Romantic Generation (Cambridge, Mass. Since then, many writers have spoken of Bread Loaf as their first foray into the broader literary community, an intense experience from which great camaraderie could spring. 251: Skiing On the Cheap at Cochran's in Richmond, 4. He then decided to leave Gotham for a while after having a parent's association, and later the police, on his case (which resulted in Gordon becoming alcoholic and cheating on his wife) and had to shift his focus on the countryside, spending most of his time in scouts camps, wearing a scout chief uniform over his Batsuit, to cover his identity as the Batman. Thats why people like me go to conferences like Bread Loaf. Susan Bernofsky directs the program Literary Translation at Columbia in the MFA Writing Program in the Columbia University School of the Arts. Upon arrival, visit the Front Desk of the Bread Loaf Inn to get your housing information. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Bread Loaf Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholarships support the conferences goal of fostering a writing community that gives voice to writers of all backgrounds, ages, and experience. Were going to be losing money this year, but I feel like its a triumph.. There were waiters who did feel that it was an outdated and unfair program We listened to that," Grotz said. Fellows who are not offering a class do not receive a payment and so are not required to complete the Accounts Payableforms. The poet Major Jackson was a waiter in 1996 and is grateful that he was able to attend Bread Loaf. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Faculty and Guests Apply Dates and Fees Lodging and Logistics Summer 2023 The BL Writers' application period is now closed; notification letters will go out via email in late May. There are many things to do on campus and in the area when not in workshops. Renowned Bread Loaf faculty members are presenting new and original work as a way to provide access to writers and readers across the country and the globe. What does the symbols of dictionary/china , /dictionary/china , /classic, chinese and dictionary symbolize in a dream? There was a recognition that the meal service role unintentionally created the perception that some scholarship recipients were being categorized as servants.[8]. wordlist = ['!', '$.027', '$.03', '$.054/mbf', '$.07', '$.07/cwt', '$.076', '$.09', '$.10-a-minute', '$.105', '$.12', '$.30', '$.30/mbf', '$.50', '$.65', '$.75', '$. The conference brings together writers and industry experts to teach nonfiction writers about writing, publishing, marketing and technology. USA Today in an article on summer literary gatherings, said of Bread Loaf, "There is nowhere in America where you can hear more great writers reading more great work in such a short space of time." Where: Fort Collins, CO, and online. This summer we recommend that attendees enjoy their meals outside as much as possible. Bread Loaf Writers Conference. It was all about celebrity & star & a white, mostly male privilege system that left out so many. A computer lab located in the library on campus has Macs available and with some PCs available on the main floor of the library. Pillows, sheets, blankets, and towels are provided. There is a fully equipped computer room on the Bread Loaf campus, with Macs (not PCs); however, if you like, you can bring along your laptop or iPad. Workshops will meet five times during the conference. In Vermont, beer and wine are sold in grocery stores; liquor is sold at the state liquor store inMiddlebury. Save. The following do not count as a juried conference: undergraduate/graduate Workshops, AWP, craft intensives, incubators, or similar one-day in-person/online workshops. played Bruce Springsteens Dancing in the Dark. Some 200 authors raised their arms in unison and shouted, Im sick of sittin round here tryin to write this book., The party took place at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, in Vermont, where I spent nearly two weeks this August. Each year we receive applications from many more writers than we can invite. Read the rest of Michael Bournes article by clicking here. ", Julia Alvarez, a poet, novelist and writer-in-residence at Middlebury, wrote in an email that when she first attended Bread Loaf in 1969, "the faculty ate on a dais in the center of the dining hall! "10 great places to get write with the word - USATODAY.com", Middlebury College > Bread Loaf Writer's Conference > Admissions, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Faculty, Guests, Staff, "Middlebury Names Jennifer Grotz as Next Director of Bread Loaf Conferences", "Sci-Fi Legend Samuel R. Delany Doesn't Play Favorites", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bread_Loaf_Writers%27_Conference&oldid=1115970436, This page was last edited on 14 October 2022, at 03:48. 1. With a rich literary and intellectual tradition, the 98th annual Bread Loaf Writers Conference brings together emerging writers to work closely with a diverse andtalentedfaculty. 5, No longer are there pitchers of Bloody Marys at lunch, and it has been decades now since John Gardners wife hired a crop duster to litter the mountain campus with leaflets accusing him of ducking out on his child support. BL Translators Spots still available! Readers are asked to sign up in advance. He said he could not have afforded the tuition without the scholarship, which led him to an M.F.A. In an interview, Grotz, a former Bread Loaf waiter herself, cited concerns raised by waiters in 2016 ranging from sexual harassment to racism to the work cutting into the seminars they came for in the first place. I applied for the Katherine Bakeless Nason Scholarship in Nonfiction for this years Bread Loaf Writers Conference. Martin, Carson McCullers, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Linda Pastan, May Sarton, Anne Sexton, Eudora Welty, and Richard Yates. As Samuel Beckett says, in Worstward Ho: Ever tried. Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences, About the Environmental Writers' Conference, Listen to lectures and readingsfrom the Bread Loaf WritersConferences. [3], Noted authors who have been associated with the conference over the years include James Brown, John Ciardi, Bernard DeVoto, Robert Frost, John Gardner, Richard Gehman, Donald Hall, John Irving, Shirley Jackson, Barry Lopez, Robie Macauley, George R.R. "It's remarkable that it did not happen sooner. If you need change for the machines, the Front Desk staff will be glad tohelp. On most afternoons, Dining Services staff will serve cocktails and snacks from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.. During this time, the lounge is open to administrative staff, as well. Though 2016 marked a turning point, the attendees that year werent the first to express frustrations about how they were treated. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference You attempted to access a category that has expired and is no longer available. Some rooms on campus are located on the second and third floors of buildings. Anyone can read what you share. We encourage you to bring masks from home; the conference will also have masks available. The final assignment is a fourth draft, with the length unspecified. Unfortunately, conference copying facilities are not able to handle printingindividualfolders. The episode concludes with a cartoon Jonathan Franzen and a cartoon Michael Chabon in a fistfight. CHAPTER I. 30.00 hardback. "[1] Bread Loaf is a program of Middlebury College and at its inception was closely associated with Robert Frost, who attended a total of 29 sessions (Frost lived in nearby Ripton). A suggestion from Robert Frost was the impetus for founding the conference in 1926. Every other day for 10 days, the 220 participants attend 10-person workshops, where their writing is assessed by the faculty and others in the workshop, including Scholars and Fellows. Participants have successfully stayed in touch with home using their smartphone to access wi-fi calling, Facetime, or Zoom. The selection process is imperfect, of course, but when agents and editors sit down with writers at Bread Loaf they are free from the unspoken dictum of all publishing gatekeepers, which states that . "2016 was an unhappy moment. At Bread Loaf, as at other well-regarded conferences likeSewanee,Tin House, andSquaw Valley, publishing professionals can get out of the defensive crouch they typically adopt when talking with anyone trying to sell them a book idea and actually listen. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1966 by Gohlke. Having finished the task, who in their right mind would want to begin again? Listen to Toni Morrison read from Song of Solomon in the LittleTheater. Toward the end of the conference that year, he kicked over a tea station in the dining hall and stormed out a story that has become Bread Loaf lore, though Jackson no longer remembers what prompted it. Please park your vehicle in the large parking lot in front of the Barn. In early August you will receive access to a folder of the manuscripts for your workshop. And listen to us on the Book Review podcast. These informal readings are hosted by a Bread Loaf staff member and take place in the Bread loaf Library. Justin Torres, likewise, may get his stories inThe New Yorkerand receive rave reviews on his first novel,We the Animals, but on one rainy night early in the conference he was just a guy needing to share my umbrella on the way to a reading. The conference schedule is quite busy, and we want to take this time to note how important it will be to pace yourself and to take care of yourself during the session. To offset the fees, which this year are set at $3,631, the conference has for decades admitted about 20 wait scholars a year, who receive free tuition in exchange for waiting tables and doing other kitchen and dining-hall tasks. Da Capo Publishing, Inc. The Bread Loaf Writers Conferences create diverse and inclusive communities that give voice to writers of all ages and experience. You arent trying to be writers. One night at Bread Loaf I left the barn late and walked across a field with the author Stacey DErasmo. What the Bread Loaf Writers Conference taught me about invention and revision. When: Annually in April/May. This year, two novelists who had previously attended as waiters, Ingrid Rojas Contreras and R.O. Publication date 1974 Topics Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and alumnae, American literature, Writers, Faculty & students, B&W photography, 35mm, Photographic negatives, Film photography. Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1986 by Erik Borg Publication date 1986 Topics Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Events, Photographs, College faculty, Alumni and alumnae, American literature, Writers, Faculty & students, B&W photography, 35mm, Photographic negatives, Film photography Images scanned from 35mm film negatives Notes