Tsuris and Other Literary Pleasures

TSURIS AND OTHER LITERARY PLEASURES:

AN INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE WRITING CONFERENCE

IN HONOR OF ALLEN HOFFMAN’S RETIREMENT

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The 6th Annual Shaindy Rudoff Memorial Evening

Sunday-Tuesday, May 6-8, 2012, Bar-Ilan University, Beck Auditorium, (unless otherwise


Sunday, May 6 Tsuris and Humor, An Evening with Allen Hoffman and Joseph Skibell

17:15-18:00 Reception in honor of Hoffman’s retirement
18:00-20:00 Readings and Conversation with Allen Hoffman and Joseph Skibell


Monday, May 7 Other Literary Pleasures

9:30-11:00 Panel discussion on Allen Hoffman’s writing, moderated by Michael Kramer

Participants: Sharon Baris, William Kolbrener, and Shira Wolosky. Linda Zisquit will read
comments by Steve Stern, Melvin Bukiet and Sidra Ezrahi.

11:30-12:30 Readings by Hoffman’s students, graduates of the Shaindy Rudoff Program:
Janice Weizman, Sophie Judah, Shantam Zohar and Judy Labensohn

13:45-15:30 Storytelling across cultures , an open writing workshop with Rob Handel
discussion

16:00-17:15 Discussion with Fulbright Visiting Scholar E. Ethelbert Miller and poet Joy Katz

18:30-20:00 Poetry reading with E. Ethelbert Miller and Joy Katz

Tuesday, May 8 More Literary Pleasures

10:00-11:30 Open workshop in creative nonfiction: Joseph Skibell and E. Ethelbert Miller

12:00-13:30 Open workshop in poetry: Linda Zisquit and Joy Katz

14:00-15:30 Open workshop in fiction: Evan Fallenberg and Joan Leegant

16:00-17:30 Reading by Fulbright Scholars in creative writing E. Ethelbert Miller, Robby
Nadler, and Jacob Newberry, moderated by Marcela Sulak

The 6th Annual Shaindy Rudoff Memorial Evening in memory of Founding Director Shaindy Rudoff, z”l

17:45-18:30 Reception

18:30-20:00 Suddenly, A Knock at the Door: Reading by Etgar Keret
in conversation with Evan Fallenberg

Remarks Hedda Rudoff

Closing remarks Allen Hoffman

All events are free and open to the public. No registration necessary.