[NEohioPAL]Playwriting in CSU's Imagination Writers Workshop and Conference

[Michael Geither]

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The Imagination Writers Workshop and Conference, now in it's 15th year at 
Cleveland State, will take place Tuesday, July 12 through Sunday July 17 at 
Trinity Commons, 2230 Euclid Ave.

Now offering playwriting, this summer's Imagination will feature:

Brett Neveu who, according to critic Jack Helbig, is "one of the most 
prolific, intelligent, and innovative playwrights to write in Chicago in 
years, maybe decades." His work has been appearing in multiple productions 
in Chicago, on both American coasts, and in England. Last year he had works 
commissioned by both The Goodman Theatre and Steppenwolf, and he was 
recently profiled in American Theatre Magazine (March 2004). He is also 
resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists and is the recipient of the most 
recent Ofner Prize administered by the Goodman Theatre. This past April 
Brett visited Cleveland State for the first time in a brief residency for 
the CSU/NEOMFA playwriting program. Now he returns as a workshop instructor 
at Imagination.

Other workshop faculty:

Bex Brian is the author of the novel Promiscuous Unbound. She has written 
numerous screenplays and is currently working on her second novel.

Dan Chaon's second short story collection Among the Missing was finalist 
for the National Book Award. His first novel You Remind Me of Me appeared 
this past year to rave reviews. He teaches creative writing at Oberlin College.

Wanda Coleman is the unofficial Poet Laureate of Los Angeles. This 
prolific, prize-winning poet is also a short story writer and novelist who 
writes with audacious authority about gender and race and urban America.

Karen Joy Fowler's third novel, Sister Noon, was a finalist for the 
PEN/Faulkner Award. Her most recent novel, The Jane Austen Bookclub spent 
several weeks this past year on the New York Time's bestseller list. In 
high demand as a teacher from Hawaii to Maine to Europe, she is a 
co-founder of Imagination.

Karen Kovacik is a multi-prize-winning poet and translator who also 
publishes a lot of short fiction. A graduate of Cleveland State University, 
she is Director of the Creative Writing Program at Indiana 
University-Perdue University at Indianapolis but comes to us directly from 
a Fulbright Fellowship year of literary translation in Warsaw, Poland.

Charles Siebert has published Angus, a very atypical novel, and two 
remarkable works of non-fiction. Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral is a modern 
anti-Walden. His latest book, just out, is a meditation on the medical 
harvesting of human organs. He has published a steady stream of poems, 
essays, and articles in magazines from Harper's and The New Yorker to 
Outside and Men's Journal.

Sarah Willis grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where she still lives. She 
began writing poetry, moved on to science fiction, and eventually signed up 
for Imagination. A decade later she is the author of three published 
novels, has won the The Stephen Crane Award, and had her first novel made 
into a movie. Her fourth novel The Sound of Us is due out in June with 
Berkeley Books.

VISITING LECTURERS: Harvey Pekar (The Graphic Novel), Heidi Aungst Manfredi 
(Feelance Writing Under Contract), and Literary Agent/best-selling Author 
Wendy Goldberg Rohm.


You will work hard, learn more than you can absorb, meet mentors and new 
friends who share your precise passions and neuroses, and at the end you'll 
find yourself entirely exhausted and altogether energized. So save up your 
money and plan or scheme to join us at the Imagination Writers' Workshop 
and Conference for 2005.

Non-credit tuition is $699.00 for the week. University-credit option (4 
semester credits, graduate or undergraduate) at standard tuition plus a 
$100 workshop fee.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on schedule, costs, lodging, or for directions on how 
to apply:

-- Call us at 216-687-2532
-- Email to imagination at csuohio.edu
-- Go to our website at <www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/> and click on 
Imagination.

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The <b><i>Imagination Writers Workshop and Conference</i></b>, now in
it's 15th year at Cleveland State, will take place Tuesday, July 12
through Sunday July 17 at Trinity Commons, 2230 Euclid Ave. <br><br>
<b>Now offering playwriting</b>, this summer's <i>Imagination</i> will
feature: <br><br>
<b>Brett Neveu</b> who, according to critic Jack Helbig, is “one of the
most prolific, intelligent, and innovative playwrights to write in
Chicago in years, maybe decades.” His work has been appearing in multiple
productions in Chicago, on both American coasts, and in England. Last
year he had works commissioned by both The Goodman Theatre and
Steppenwolf, and he was recently profiled in <i>American Theatre
Magazine</i> (March 2004). He is also resident playwright at Chicago
Dramatists and is the recipient of the most recent Ofner Prize
administered by the Goodman Theatre. This past April Brett visited
Cleveland State for the first time in a brief residency for the
CSU/NEOMFA playwriting program. Now he returns as a workshop instructor
at <i>Imagination</i>.<br><br>
<b>Other workshop faculty:<br><br>
Bex Brian</b> is the author of the novel <i>Promiscuous Unbound</i>. She
has written numerous screenplays and is currently working on her second
novel. <br><br>
<b>Dan Chaon’</b>s second short story collection <i>Among the Missing</i>
was finalist for the National Book Award. His first novel <i>You Remind Me of Me</i> appeared this past year to rave reviews. He teaches creative writing at Oberlin College.<br><br>
<b>Wanda Coleman</b> is the unofficial Poet Laureate of Los Angeles. This prolific, prize-winning poet is also a short story writer and novelist who writes with audacious authority about gender and race and urban America.<br><br>
<b>Karen Joy Fowler</b>’s third novel, <i>Sister Noon</i>, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her most recent novel, <i>The Jane Austen Bookclub</i> spent several weeks this past year on the New York Time’s bestseller list. In high demand as a teacher from Hawaii to Maine to Europe, she is a co-founder of <i>Imagination</i>.<br><br>
<b>Karen Kovacik</b> is a multi-prize-winning poet and translator who also publishes a lot of short fiction. A graduate of Cleveland State University, she is Director of the Creative Writing Program at Indiana University-Perdue University at Indianapolis but comes to us directly from a Fulbright Fellowship year of literary translation in Warsaw, Poland.<br><br>
<b>Charles Siebert</b> has published <i>Angus</i>, a very atypical novel, and two remarkable works of non-fiction. <i>Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral</i> is a modern anti-<i>Walden</i>. His latest book, just out, is a meditation on the medical harvesting of human organs. He has published a steady stream of poems, essays, and articles in magazines from <i>Harper’s</i> and <i>The New Yorker</i> to <i>Outside</i> and <i>Men’s Journal</i>.<br><br>
<b>Sarah Willis</b> grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where she still lives. She began writing poetry, moved on to science fiction, and eventually signed up for <i>Imagination</i>. A decade later she is the author of three published novels, has won the The Stephen Crane Award, and had her first novel made into a movie. Her fourth novel <i>The Sound of Us</i> is due out in June with Berkeley Books. <br><br>
VISITING LECTURERS: <b>Harvey Pekar</b> (The Graphic Novel), <b>Heidi Aungst Manfredi</b> (Feelance Writing Under Contract), and Literary Agent/best-selling Author <b>Wendy Goldberg Rohm</b>.<br><br>
<br>
You will work hard, learn more than you can absorb, meet mentors and new friends who share your precise passions and neuroses, and at the end you’ll find yourself entirely exhausted and altogether energized. So save up your money and plan or scheme to join us at the <i>Imagination Writers’ Workshop and Conference</i> for 2005.<br><br>
Non-credit tuition is $699.00 for the week. University-credit option (4 semester credits, graduate or undergraduate) at standard tuition plus a $100 workshop fee. <br><br>
FOR MORE INFORMATION on schedule, costs, lodging, or for directions on how to apply:<br><br>
-- Call us at 216-687-2532<br>
-- Email to imagination at csuohio.edu <br>
-- Go to our website at <<a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/" eudora="autourl"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/</a></u></font>> and click on<i> Imagination.</i><br>
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