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Nimrod Write Night 2019
October 18, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join Nimrod International Journal for Nimrod Write Night, the opening night for our Conference for Readers and Writers. Write Night features an Author Reception with all our Conference guest authors and a special Author Chat and book signing with poet Kim Addonizio, National Book Award finalist and author of seven poetry collections, most recently Mortal Trash: Poems, and fiction and nonfiction writer Margot Livesey, author of eight novels, most recently Mercury, and recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Author Reception (Live Music, Light Bites, and Cash Bar): 6:30–7:00 p.m.
Author Chat and Book Signing: 7:00–8:30 p.m.
The entire evening is FREE and open to the public. It is presented in conjunction with Magic City Books and co-sponsored by The University of Tulsa’s Creative Writing Program.
Write Night is part of the Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers, which will continue the next day (October 19th) and will feature workshops on writing fiction, poetry, mystery, creative nonfiction, and young adult fantasy, as well as readings, panel discussions, one-on-one editing sessions, classes on publishing contracts, and novel-pitch critique sessions. Featured guests and workshop leaders include fiction writers Margot Livesey and Jonathan Wei; poets Kim Addonizio, Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, Francine Ringold, Matt W. Miller, and Robert Thomas; local nonfiction writer Rhys Martin; mystery writer Rachel Howzell Hall; YA author Anna-Marie McLemore, and literary agent Jennifer Udden.
For more information and registration for the Conference for Readers and Writers, visit Nimrod’s website: https://nimrod.utulsa.edu/conference.html. You may also email nimrod@utulsa.edu or call 918-631-3080.
