The 2011 New York State Summer Writers Institute presents (as in every previous year) an impressive schedule of free readings at Skidmore, July 4-29, at 8PM. The series features a total of 20 events and 38 authors.
We kick off with a joint reading by Elizabeth Benedict (Almost, The Practice of Deceit, and The Joy of Writing Sex) and Joseph O'Neill (Netherland) on July 4th. Other authors (among too many to name) will include Joyce Carol Oates, Russell Banks, Amy Hempel, Rick Moody, Jamaica Kincaid, Paul Auster, Mary Gordon, Robert Pinsky and William Kennedy.