Humanities on Demand

Jan 28 2009

Stonecoast Faculty Flash Reading, Part 1

One of the highlights of each 10-day residency in the Stonecoast MFA program is the “flash reading” by faculty members. Each writer gets three minutes in which to share his or her work before introducing the next writer in the queue.

The flash reading from the winter residency in January 2009 began with Jaed Coffin reading an excerpt from his memoir, A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants. The next reader was David Durham, who read from his forthcoming novel The Other Land. Annie Finch shared one poem from her collection Calendars, and another from her new manuscript, American Witch. Poet Jeffrey Harrison read “Ivan Ilyich at the Lake” and “Shaking Off the Snow.” This reading continues in the next episode of the podcast.

 
icon for podpress  Jaed Coffin [4:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (256)

 
icon for podpress  David Durham [4:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (133)

 
icon for podpress  Annie Finch [5:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (136)

 
icon for podpress  Jeffrey Harrison [4:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (132)

 

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