Tag Archive: writer in residence

1. Day Three Western Colorado State University

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   Max

   Today was a special treat. I got to speak to an upper division creative nonfiction class, where I started with the presentation called “100 memoirs in 10 minutes,” a run-through of the 100 memoirs I have read in the past few years, ranging from Conroy’s Stop Time published in 1977 to Brian Turner’s My Life as a Foreign Country  published in 2014. The students were engaged, thoughtful, and so generous and kind.

   Then I did a radio interview at the campus station, where Taylor asked me many questions about traveling and writing.

   This has been such a wonderful day and I’m so thankful to Dr. Elizabyth Hiscox and the entire faculty at Western for inviting me to visit with the students. I feel truly enriched and inspired.

2. Day Two Western Colorado University

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   I had a wonderful time meeting with students in poetry courses and a class in Publishing yesterday. And the reading went great! There were over 70 people there and they had to bring in extra chairs. Then we had a lovely recption at Blackstock Bistro.