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Thursday, October 20
Time | Event | Presenters | Location |
1:00 | Welcome Remarks | Nadia Ghasedi | Olin Library 142 |
1:05 | Reading of excerpt from Odile Hellier’s forthcoming memoir about The Village Voice Bookshop in Paris | Crystal Alberts | Olin Library 142 |
1:20 | Screening of “3 from a Play” – a short film by Matthew Gaddis | | Olin Library 142 |
1:45 | Roundtable 1 – Gaddis’s Unpublished Writing | Ali Chetwynd, Jeffrey Severs, Crystal Alberts | Olin Library 142 |
2:45 | William Gaddis Papers Open House and “Valuable Dregs” Exhibit Viewing | Joel Minor | Olin Library Mendle & Ginkgo Rooms |
3:45 | Break / walk to Holmes Lounge | | |
4:00 | Keynote – New Directions for Gaddis Scholarship | Steven Moore | Holmes Lounge |
5:00 | Readings – Authors Reading and Discussing Gaddis | Rick Moody, Nick Sullivan, Joy Williams | Holmes Lounge |
6:30 | Reception and book sales | | Holmes Lounge |
Friday, October 21
Time | Event | Presenters | Location |
9:00 | Panel 1 – Historical Gaddis & Literary Gaddis | Ali Chetwynd, Ted Morrissey, David Ting | Olin Library 142 |
10:30 | Break | | Olin Library |
10:45 | Panel 2 – Justice and the Modalities of the Gaddis Universe | Fabrizio Ciccone, Ryan Hacek, Jeffrey Severs | Olin Library 142 |
12:15 | Lunch | | On your own |
1:15 | Panel 3 – Greater Precision On Gaddis’s Form & Technique | Marie Fahd, Martin Klebes, John Soutter | Olin Library 142 |
2:45 | Roundtable 2 – Publishing in the Innovative Tradition: a Conversation | Danielle Dutton, Edwin Frank, Martin Riker | Olin Library 142 |
3:45 | Break | | Olin Library |
4:00 | Art presentations | Saloon Wars (music), Depot Tavern (visual art), J R (play), Gaddis Retyped (visual art) | Olin Library 142 |
5:00 | Roundtable 3 – Artists Inspired by Gaddis’s Work | David Bird, Edward Holland, Thomas Verstraeten and Stef Aerts, Tim Youd | Olin Library 142 |
Saturday, October 22
Time | Event | Presenters | Location |
9:00 | Panel 4 – Gaddis and Language | Paul Ingendaay, Jim Gauer, Matt Clemmer | Wilson 214 |
10:45 | Panel 5 – Global Gaddis | Yonina Hoffman, Francine Osaki, Jack Williams | Wilson 214 |
12:15 | Lunch | | Wilson (catered box lunch) |
1:15 | Roundtable 4 – Gaddis & positionality & marginalized identities | Jeff Jackson, Rone Shavers, Jacob Singer | Wilson 214 |
2:15 | Wrap-up / discussion on future Gaddis-scholar projects and collaborations | | Wilson 214 |