THE WRITER'S EDGE is a three-day literary conference devoted to the practice of experimental writing. Held annually, this conference draws participants from all over the country.

This year's faculty includes: Brian Evenson/Brown University/author of THE WAVERING KNIFE, Lucy Corin/UC Davis/author of EVERYDAY PSYCHOKILLERS, Karen Brennan/University of Utah/author of THE GARDEN IN WHICH I WALK, Lance Olsen/University of Utah/author of   NIETZSCHE'S KISSES and GIRL IMAGINGED BY CHANCE, and myself, author of LIBERTY'S EXCESS and REAL TO REEL--we are all FC2 authors.

 The conference includes a FACULTY READING at PSU Friday July 27th at 7:00 pm in Smith 333--this event is free and open to the public, as is an experimental writing and film panel on Sunday July 29th.

There is still time to register by contacting me at: lidiamiles@yahoo.com

 Full schedule below:

  FRIDAY, JULY 27
  11:30am/SMU 236 Lance Olsen/Fiction as Architecture
  3:00/SMU 238 Lidia Yuknavitch/Corporeal Text
  7:00/SMU 333 Faculty Reading and Reception

  SAT, JULY 28
  11:00/SMU 236 Brian Evenson/Collaborating with the Past
  3:00/SMU 238 Lucy Corin/Small Fictions in a Row

  SUN JULY 29
  10:00/SMU 236 Karen Brennan/Creative Nonfiction as Hybrid Monster
  2:00/SMU 238 Experimental Trends in Fiction Panel
  3:30/SMU 238 Experimental Film and Narratology

  Professor Lidia Yuknavitch
  Conference Coordinator
  The Writer's Edge
  503.545.6035