Valerie Miner

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6-16 January: Workshop, Reading, Lecture—available for conference or residency attendance

Pacific University MFA Winter Gathering
Seaside, Oregon
http://www.pacificu.edu/as/mfa/
mfa@pacificu.edu or call (503) 352-2078.

14 November, 2007 6:30 PM
Duboce Park Café
Reading and Discussion of After Eden

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

2 Sanchez Street,
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 621-1108
http://www.duboceparkcafe.org/
http://www.bettyslist.com

21-30 June, 2007
Pacific University Writing Residency
Forest Grove, Oregon
Reading, Lecture and Workshop

(Evening Reading Series Free and Open to the Public)

http://www.pacificu.edu/as/mfa/

18 June, 2007
7PM
Ravenna Third Place Books
Reading and Discussion of After Eden
6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Store: (206)525-2347

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

email: info@ravennathirdplace.com
http://www.ravennathirdplace.com

3 June, 2007
11 AM and 2PM
Panel on Setting and Lecture on Invention and Revision
Mendocino LitFest
Lowery Library Building
Mendocino College
1000 Hensley Creek Rd.
Ukiah, CA 95482
707-468-3051
(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
www.mendocino.edu/mendocinocollegelibrary

19 May, 2007
2PM
Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera
Reading and Discussion of After Eden
(duet with novelist Kat Meads)
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
(415) 927-0960
(800) 999-7909
www.bookpassage.com

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

May 10, 2007
7:30 PM
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
3038 Hennepin Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612/822-4611 1-866/912-6657
http://www.magersandquinn.com/

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

30 April, 2007
5PM
Women's Community Center
Lecture about Storytelling and
Reading and Discussion of After Eden
Main Lounge
459 Lagunita Drive
Stanford, CA 94305-3010
phone: (650) 723-1709

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

http://www.stanford.edu/group/womenscntr

28-29 April, 2007
Los Angeles Times Book Festival
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles, CA
For more information:
University of Oklahoma Press: (405) 325-3189

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

24 April, 2007
4-6PM
Literary Salon
Reading and Discussion of After Eden
Clayman Institute for Research on Gender
Serra House
Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/

(Free and Open to the Stanford University Community)

22 April
4:00 PM
Reading from After Eden
Cody's Fourth Street
1730 Fourth Street
Berkeley CA 94710
510-559-9500
www.codysbooks.com

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

19 April
7:30 PM
The Little Theatre
Lowry Library Building
Mendocino College
1000 Hensley Creek Rd.
Ukiah, CA 95482
707-468-3051
www.mendocino.edu/mendocinocollegelibrary

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

18 April
7:00 PM
Bookshop West Portal
80 West Portal Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
415-564-8080
info@bookshopwestportal.com
www.bookshopwestportal.com

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

10 April
6:30-7:30PM
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
415/557-4595 (Joan Jasper)
www.sfpl.org

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

6 April
7:30 PM
Reading from After Eden
Powell’s Books
1005 W. Burnside, Portland, Oregon
(800) 291-9676
www.powells.com/

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

5 April
7 PM
Reading from After Eden
Department of English
Pacific University
Forest Grove, Oregon
www.pacificu.edu/

(FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

23 March
7PM
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Reading and Discussion of After Eden
Mt. San Angelo, VA.

1 March, 2007
AWP Conference (Association of Writers and Writing Programs)
Atlanta, Georgia

12:00-1:15PM
Panelist: “What the Reporter Saw: How Journalism Informs Creative Writing”

3:00-4:15PM
Panelist, “Sanctuary in the Southeast: Time, Space, and Mentoring at Atlantic Center for the Arts”
www.awpwriter.org

24 February
10 AM- 5PM
University of California, Santa Cruz
Workshop: Spirit of Place in Fiction and Memoir
UCSC Cupertino Campus
Contact: (408) 861-3863 (Jay Shinseki)
www.ucsc-extension.edu

17 February, 2007
Symposium on Creative Writing (for 20 professors from Delhi University)
Zakir Hussain College, New Delhi
Symposium Leader: Valerie Miner

Keynote lecture: Finding the Shapes of Our Stories

Interactive Lecture on Creative Writing Pedagogy in the U.S. and India

Keynote Reading: “Il Cortigiano of Thomas Avenue”

5-9 February, 2007
Five Day Symposium conducted by Valerie Miner for the faculty and
graduate students, English Department, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
Daily lectures, readings and interactive sessions.

2 February, 2007
Workshop on “Creative Writing” for Students and Faculty of SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India

1 February, 2007
A.M. Lecture at the Horniman College of Journalism, Aurangabad, India
P.M. Lecture at the MGM College of Journalism, Aurangabad, India

31 January, 2007
National Seminar on Ethnicity, Regionality and Gender: Issues in Contemporary American Literature Department Of English, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India

Lecture, “Writing My Way West”

Lecture, “The Relocation of Identity”

Valedictory presentation

30 January, 2007
Lecture on the Department of English, KTHM College, Nasik, India

29 January, 2007
Workshop on Creative Writing for students and faculty of HPT Arts
College, Nasik, India

23 January-21 February
Various readings, lectures and workshops in New Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai, India

6-16 January, 2007
Pacific University Writing Residency
Seaside Oregon
Reading, Lecture and Workshop
(Evening Reading Series Free and Open to the Public)
http://www.pacificu.edu/as/mfa/

July 10-11, 2006

Foothill Writers Conference
Los Altos, CA
Workshops and Readings by 25 poets and writers For more information and to register:
visit www.foothill.edu
email robbinsdoren@foothill.edu

25 June-1 July, 2006

Split Rock Arts Program, Minneapolis
Workshop: "Generating New Fiction: Using Narrative Forms to Inspire and Shape Stories"
Open to participants interested in new avenues for generating
short stories and novels. Workshop will explore forms of fiction.
www.cce.umn.edu/splitrockarts

11-21 June, 2006

Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
Reading, Lecture, Panel, Workshop
Pacific University MFA Residency
www.mfa.pacificu.edu

8-11 March

AWP Conference, Austin, Texas
Panel on "Attack of the Fifty Foot Narrator,"
Austin Convention Center and Hilton Hotel
www.awpwriter.com

7-17 January, 2006

Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
Reading, Lecture, Panel, Workshop
Pacific University MFA Residency
www.mfa.pacificu.edu

Tuesday, 15 November, 2005 7:30 pm

Valerie Miner, winner of the 2005 McKnight Artist Fellowship, will read at THE LOFT LITERARY CENTER
Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2575, Fax: 612-215-2576

Everyone welcome

Thursday, 10 November, 2005 Time—TBA

Museum of Art, Washington State University

English Department, Washington State University at Pullman
Valerie Miner will be reading from Abundant Light and answering questions.

Everyone welcome

Thursday, 29 September, 2005 7 p.m.

North Lounge of Lourdes Hall as part of the John S Lucas Great River Reading Series.
English Department—Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota

Valerie Miner will read from her new collection of stories, Abundant Light.
Free and open to the public

Tuesday, 20 September, 2005 7 p.m.

Reading and Discussion of Abundant Light
Wilde Roast Cafe
Located at the corner of Hennepin and Central Avenues in Northeast Minneapolis
www.wilderoastcafe.com

8-12 August, 2005

The Low Road (cross-genre memoir), BROADCAST in five segments, on BBC Radio 4 on.

30-31 July, 2005

Spirit of Place in Fiction and Memoir--
Two day workshop in California
UC Santa Cruz Extension, Cupertino Campus
More details at www.ucsc-extension.edu

10-17 July, 2005

Spirit of Place: A Workshop in Fiction and Non-Fiction Story
Fishtrap Writers Conference and Gathering

Wallowa Lake, Oregon
www.fishtrap.org

Friday, 29 April, 2005 Noon

Elmer L. Andersen Library - Room 120B&C 12:30 to 2:30
"Book Reading by Valerie Miner" The library will sponsor a reading by Valerie Miner, professor of Creative Writing and author of a new book, Abundant Light.
Admission is free.
For more information, contact Dr. Marcia Pankake at
m-pank@tc.umn.edu

Thursday, 28 April, 11:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time

"Write on Radio!" on KFAI (Minneapolis 90.3 FM and St. Paul, 106.7 FM). Valerie Miner will discuss writing and her new book, Abundant Light

Saturday, 12 March, 2005 5-6:30 p.m.

Philo Pottery Inn - 8550 Highway 128
Philo, CA 95466 - 707-895-3069
www.philopotteryinn.com - Email: info@philopotteryinn.com

Sunday, February, 27, 2005, 4:30pm

Women And Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60640
773-769-9299
wcfbooks@aol.com

Thursday, February 17, 2005, 7:30 pm

Prairie Room, Student Union,
Bismarck State College, North Dakota

Valerie Miner will be reading from Abundant Light and answering questions.
Everyone welcome

Thursday, January 27, 2005 7 pm Central Time

Valerie Miner will be reading from Abundant Light: Short Fiction at the Fireside Reading Series

Hamline Midway Branch Library, 1558 West Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul--just off the intersection of Snelling and Minnehaha.

Admission is free.

Thursday, 18 November, 2004 7:30 pm PT

Diesel, A Bookstore
5433 College Avenue,
Oakland, CA 94618
(Near Rockridge BART)
510-653-9965 dieselevents@yahoo.com

Tuesday, 16 November, 2004 7pm PT

Mendocino Book Company
102 South School Street
Ukiah, California 95482
707-468-5940

Monday, 15 November, 2004 7pm - 8pm Pacific Time

Women's Voices Program
KZYX in Mendocino, County, California
webcast on www.kzyx.org

Tuesday, 26 October, 2004 7 pm

Amazon Bookstore
4755 Chicago Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-821-9630
www.amazonbookstorecoop.com

Saturday, 16 October, 2004 11am

The Toadstool Bookshop
12 Depot Sq.
Peterborough, NH 03458
603-924-3543 www.toadbooks.com

Thursday, October 7th, 2004 at 7:30 pm

Valerie Miner will read from her work for MacDowell Downtown, an ongoing series presenting MacDowell Colony artists to the community. October's MacDowell Downtown takes place on October 7th at 7:30 pm at the Peterborough Historical Society. Phone number for more information is 603.924.3886; www.macdowellcolony.org.

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