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Ron Carlson: "My Favorite Sentence in all of Hemingway...and in all of Annie Proulx...Among Other Notes on Craft"

Ron Carlson will give a lecture on the art and craft of fiction as part of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference.

  • Monday, July 25 at 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Napa Valley College, Upper Valley Campus: 1088 College Ave, Saint Helena, California 94574

Carlson’s most recent novel is Return to Oakpine. His short stories have appeared in Esquire, Harpers, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and other journals, as well as the Best American Short Stories, the O’Henry Prize Series, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction and other anthologies. Ron Carlson Writes a Story, his book on writing, is taught widely.

Lecture tickets cost $25 per person and may be purchased by cash or check at the door. Or attend all eight conference lectures for a fee of $175, or just the poetry or fiction series (four lectures) for $90.

Students with valid ID are admitted for $15 per lecture. Napa Valley Writers' Conference attendees, supporters, and community housing hosts are admitted for free.

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The conference is a program of Napa Valley College. For more information, visit napawritersconference.org.

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