Moravian College Writers’ Conference Schedule

March 16-17, 2018

Friday, March 16, 2018

4:00-5:30 PM
Screening of Big Pharma: Market Failure
Follow-up discussion with conference faculty Vince Mondillo and Fran Quigley

5:30-6:30 PM
Opening Reception

6:30-8:30 PM
Opening Remarks and Reading by Conference Faculty (followed by book sales and signings)

Saturday, March 17, 2018

9:00-11:30 AM
Workshops (Choose one.)

• "Whose Truth Is It Anyway?: A Workshop on Memoir, Health, Living, and Dying" (Nina Angela McKissock) WORKSHOP FULL
• "Cellular Composition: Writing Water, Environment, and Self" (Mary Heather Noble)
• "The Power of the Pen for Health Justice: How and Why Writers Can Advocate for Health as a Human Right" (Fran Quigley and Vince Mondillo)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM
Lunch and book signings

1:00-2:00 PM
Keynote address by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
"The Writer as Failed Doctor--and a Doctor's Best Companion”