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The Vibrant Word: A Lutheran Festival of Writing



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The Vibrant Word: A Lutheran Festival of Writing

at Luther College, October 29-31, 2010




SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, October 29
10:30 a.m. College Chapel Service Center for Faith and Life Main Hall
Homily David Vasquez, Luther College Campus Pastor
Music Pilgrims' Hymn, by Stephen Paulus

Text by Michael Dennis Browne



Luther Cathedral Choir

Director Sandra K. Peter, Luther College Music Dept
3:00-7:00 p.m. Registration Center for Faith and Life Lobby
7:00-8:30 p.m. Opening Plenary Session Center for Faith and Life Main Hall
Welcome Carol Gilbertson

Director, Lutheran Festival of Writing 2010
Greeting William Craft

Luther College Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs
Dance Vibrant Reading

Amanda Hamp, Luther College Theatre/Dance Dept

Rose Milligan (LC ’10)

Music Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria, by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Soprano Rachel Ware, Luther College Music Dept.

Luther College Cello Ensemble
Eric Kutz, Luther College Music Dept.; Olivia Hahn (LC'13), Phuc Phan (LC'13), Maren Quanbeck (LC'12), Charlie Rasmussen (LC'11), Kelsey Smith (LC'14), Macaulley Whitlock (LC'13), Jaci Wilkinson (LC'12)

Director Richard Tirk, Luther College Music Dept

Keynote address The Longest Day: The In-Betweenness of Art

Robert Cording

College of the Holy Cross



Introduction Carol Gilbertson
8:30 p.m. Reception and Cording Book Signing

Hammarskjold/ Peace Dining Room



Dahl Centennial Union

Jazz by the Miles Ahead Trio

Stephen Uhl, Piano (LC'13), Ted Olsen, Bass (LC '14), Schuyler Leehey, Drums (LC'14)
10:00 p.m. Open mike Peace Dining Room, Dahl Centennial Union

Hosted by the student members of Luther’s Alpha Beta Xi Chapter

of Sigma Tau Delta

All readers and listeners welcome.


Saturday, October 30

8:30-9:40 a.m. Panel Art, Idea, and Belief
This Festival intentionally focuses on literary work rather than writing that subordinates art to message. Why might a writer choose to allow theme to emerge rather than having idea dictate a work’s parameters—what is the relationship, in other words, between the thematic and the didactic? How does a writer effectively explore belief or ideas about theology, religion, politics, or morality in literary work? Is there value in framing and articulating questions and not answering them? The panelists will use their own work as illustration as they discuss these issues.

Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall


Panelists: Robert Cording, Jill Alexander Essbaum,

Gracia Grindal, Paul Shepherd, Walt Wangerin, Jr.

Moderator David Faldet

Poetry Reading Mary Crockett Hill

and Steven Schroeder



Convenor Kyhl Lyndgaard

Olin 102


Poetry Reading John Graber and Barbara Crooker

Convenor Mark Z. Muggli

Valders 206



9:40-10:20 a.m. Refreshment Break Center for Faith and Life Lobby

10:30-11:40 a.m. Panel The Past as a Foreign Country

Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall



Poetry, historical fiction, and creative nonfiction (including memoir) are based in factual realities and details. Some writers pore over family records or artifacts; others do scholarly research to authenticate their portrayal of past eras and figures. What kinds of historical figures and events lend themselves to creative work? What are the problems of exposition in this kind of creative work? How does a writer shape art out of the details of past lives? How does the writer remain true to historical fact and yet create a fully realized imaginative world? How can the past’s religious dimensions speak to the contemporary world? The panelists will use their own work as illustration as they discuss these issues.




RacRachel Faldet, Mark Mustian, Robert Schultz, René Steinke

Moderator Nicholas Preus
Creative Nonfiction and Fiction Reading

Nancy K. Barry and Walter Wangerin, Jr.



Convenor Hannah Crippen (LC’11)

Olin 102
Jazz Poetry Reading Cass Dalglish and Philip Bryant



Convenor Novian Whitsitt

Valders 206


11:40-1:00 Lunch Break

11:50-12:05 Book Signing Fincke, Graber, Hill, Mustian, Wangerin
12:05-12:20 Book Signing Anderson, Crooker, Essbaum, Hicks, Shepherd, Waterman
12:20-12:35 Book Signing Bryant, Dalglish, R. Faldet, Schroeder, Schultz, Wilkins

All Book Signings at the Luther College Bookshop


Main level, Dahl Centennial Union
1:00-2:10 p.m. Panel Thoughts on Editing and Publishing
This panel discussion brings together editors and publishers of a range of publications, a writer who has been widely published, and a writer who has self-published. Some topics for discussion: What does an editor consider in selecting work for publication? What are the opportunities and roadblocks in peer-reviewed publication, and why might a writer choose to self-publish? Why might a writer choose a secular over a religious journal for publication? How receptive are secular publications to works that explore religious issues? With recent changes at Augsburg Fortress Press, the ELCA no longer has a literary publishing venue—what other opportunities are available for writers focused on Lutheran or other religious concerns?

Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall


Jill Peláez Baumgaertner (Christian Century); Gary Fincke (widely-published author);

Cristy Fossum (self-published author); Katy Giebenhain (Seminary Ridge Review);

Brianna Van Dyke (Ruminate)

Moderator Martin Klammer
Poetry Reading Diane LeBlanc and Vince Wixon

Convenor Madeline Jungbauer (LC’11)

Olin 102
Nonfiction and Fiction Reading David Faldet and Thomas Maltman

Convenor Peter Scholl

Valders 206



2:10-2:50 p.m. Refreshment Break Center for Faith and Life Lobby




3:00-4:10 p.m. The Beautiful Strange: Writing a Novel

René Steinke

Fairleigh Dickinson University



Introduction Amy Weldon

Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall


4:20-5:30 p.m. Panel Readers and Writers Networking

Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall




Both the Lutheran Writers Project and the Lutheran Readers Project grew out of the 2007 Lutheran Festival of Writing. Paul Shepherd, one of the originators of the Festival, manages the website of the Lutheran Writers Project (lutheranwriters.org), based at Roanoke College. The website serves writers who strive for spiritual and literary depth, engage the Church’s imagination, enable dialogue, and provide resources for writers, readers, organizations, and institutions. The Lutheran Readers Project (formerly the Lutheran Book Club), directed by Mark Mustian, is a resource for readers interested in literature addressing Lutheran culture, history, and faith. The Readers Project selects books by featured authors (many are Festival presenters past and present), for which it provides background materials, study guides, and interviews with writers—all for individual readers or for reading groups. Got any more ideas you’d like to see for writers, readers, pastors, or churches? This roundtable will discuss these projects and brainstorm ideas for other future projects.




MODERATORS Paul Shepherd, Mark Mustian
Poetry Reading Susanna Childress and Katy Giebenhain

Convenor Carol Gilbertson

Olin 102
Poetry Reading Gracia Grindal and Jill Peláez Baumgaertner



Convenor Diane Scholl

Valders 206


5:40-6:30 Reception Luther Book Shop, Dahl Centennial Union
5:45-6:00 Book Signing Baumgaertner, D. Faldet, Grindal, Steinke, Wixon
6:00-6:15 Book Signing Childress, Fossum, LeBlanc, Maltman, Oppegaard

All Book Signings at Luther College Book Shop

Dahl Centennial Union



6:45 p.m. Festival Banquet Peace Dining Room

Dahl Centennial Union



8:00-10:00 p.m. Vibrancies Some Returning Writers
Read

Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall


Readers Lauri Anderson, Jill Alexander Essbaum,

Gary Fincke, Carol Gilbertson, Patrick Hicks,

Robert Schultz, Paul Shepherd, Amy Weldon
Host Nancy K. Barry

Sunday, October 31

8:30-9:40 a.m. Panel A Sense of Place

Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall


A Sense of Place. The presenters on this panel write about such disparate subjects as the Troubles in Northern Ireland, London as a city, Finnish Americans in the Upper Midwest, the human and natural ecosystems of Northeast Iowa, and plain folks in the Deep South. What are some of the challenges in writing about place? How does a writer avoid stereotyping regions and their people? What techniques translate the specificity of local detail into universal meaning and appeal? How important is religious practice in the understanding of place? The panelists will use their own work as illustration as they discuss these issues.


Panelists: Lauri Anderson, David Faldet, Patrick Hicks, Amy Weldon

Moderator Mark Z. Muggli
Fiction Reading Mark Mustian and David Oppegaard

Convenor Jay Dewitt (LC’11)

Olin 102


Poetry Reading Joe Wilkins and Cary Waterman

Convenor Lise Kildegaard

Valders 206



10:00 a.m. Reformation Day Worship Center for Faith and Life Main Hall

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