Craft Talk and Reading at Elizabethtown College, Bowers Writers House, with Daren Dean
BOWERS WRITERS HOUSE
The Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College is an interdisciplinary venue for expression, study, presentation and performance. We feature writers, of course, but our programming extends well beyond the page. Please feel free to cruise around the website, and see what we're all about!
Location and Contact Information
840 College Hill Lane Elizabethtown, PA 17022 717-689-3945 or writershouse@etown.edu
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
4 pm
Thursday, September 17 | 4 – 4:45pmBOWERS WRITERS HOUSE
Afternoon Craft Talk with fiction author Daren Dean
What makes fiction both worthwhile AND publishable? How do you make your way into the world of novel publishing? Author Daren Dean discussed his writing process, and how he managed to turn his first novel into a publishing success. Daren Dean's work has appeared in The Green Hills Literary Lantern, Missouri Life, The Oklahoma Review, Midwestern Gothic, Ecotone, Image, Chattahoochee Review, Story South, Aries, and others. His story "Bring Your Sorrow Over Here" was selected as Runner-up by Judge George Singleton in Yemassee's William Richey Short Fiction contest and another story, "Affliction" was a Finalist in the Glimmer Train Short Fiction Contest for New Writers in 2012.
7:30 pm
Thursday, September 17 | 7:30 – 8:30pmBOWERS WRITERS HOUSE
Evening Reading with author Daren Dean
Novelist Daren Dean reads from his first novel, "Far Beyond the Pale."
Dean's work has appeared in "The Green Hills Literary Lantern," "Missouri Life," "The Oklahoma Review," "Midwestern Gothic," "Ecotone," "Image," "Chattahoochee Review," "Story South," "Aries" and others. His story "Bring Your Sorrow Over Here" was selected as runner-up by Judge George Singleton in Yemassee's William Richey Short Fiction contest and another story, "Affliction," was a finalist in the Glimmer Train Short Fiction Contest for New Writers in 2012.
Dean holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
He worked for several years in marketing and acquisitions at the University of Missouri Press and is the founding editor of the online literary magazine "Cedars" (cedarsmag.com). Currently, Dean teaches writing and literature in the English department at Louisiana State University. He resides in the greater Baton Rouge area with his wife and their two children.
Cost: free Contact: Jesse Waters at watersj@etown.edu, writershouse@etown.edu or 717-689-3945 Sponsor: Bowers Writers House
