MNWC 2022

Monday, June 20, 2022
12:00 PM – 2:30 PM Registration & Informal Reception
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Participant Workshops
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Auditors Gathering
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Opening Dinner Lower Hobson Union – Lakeside
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series, Kimberly Blaeser

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Morning Craft Talk, Benjamin Percy – “What We Talk About When We Talk About Superheroes”
10:05 AM – 12:45 PM Participant Workshops
10:05 AM Auditor Gathering [recurring daily]
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM Pontoon outings on Lake Bemidji and BBQ
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Staff & Participant Reading AIRC
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series, Douglas Kearney

Wednesday, June 22, 2022
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Morning Craft Talk, Joni Tevis – “It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Nonfiction of Apocalypse”
10: 05 AM – 12:45 PM Participant Workshops
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Craft Talk and Q&A with DVW, Claudia Rankine
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series, Distinguished Visiting Writer Claudia Rankine

Thursday, June 23, 2022
7:00 AM – 7:50 AM Yoga for Writers with Angie Clark
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Morning Craft Talk, Douglas Kearney
10: 05 AM – 2:00 PM Open Day / No Workshops (Self-guided excursions to Downtown Bemidji or Lake Bemidji State Park)
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Consultations
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Editor’s Talk with Jeff Shotts, Executive Editor at Graywolf Press
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series, Joni Tevis

Friday, June 24, 2022
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Morning Craft Talk, Kimberly Blaeser – “The Courting Behaviour of Geo-poets”
10: 05 AM – 12:45 PM Participant Workshops
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM “Minimalist Marketing that Grows Your Author Career” a talk by Emily Enger
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Consultations
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series, Benjamin Percy

Saturday, June 25, 2022
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
10: 05 AM – 12:45 PM Participant Workshops
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Craft Talk and Q&A with DVW, David Treuer
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Participant Reading AIRC
5:45 PM – 6:45 PM Lakeside Picnic
7:30 PM Evening Reading Series, Distinguished Visiting Writer David Treuer

Sunday, June 26, 2022
8:30 AM Closing Breakfast
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Faculty Publishing Panel Talk
12:00 Noon Check-out