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Reposting: 2007 Bread Loaf waiters are doing a reading

It’s called the “Orphan Reading” because, well, it’s a long story. Anyway, many of the 2007 work-study scholars, writers who received a “waitership” from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, are having a reading during AWP, the big writers’ conference, convention, and … Continue reading

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2007 Bread Loaf waiters are doing a reading

It’s called the “Orphan Reading” because, well, it’s a long story. Anyway, many of the 2007 work-study scholars, writers who received a “waitership” from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, are having a reading during AWP, the big writers’ conference, convention, and … Continue reading

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Post-Loaf

Other than the exceptions I’ve noted before, I’d wondered why former waiters never wrote down the details on the Bread Loaf experience. I now know: it’s because it’s all a blur. A beautiful blur. Like traveling on a very fast … Continue reading

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What It’s Like to be a Bread Loaf Waiter

I’d hoped to blog a bit from Bread Loaf. I’d hoped to document the “waitership” experience. I’ve been been given this once-in-a-lifetime scholarship, and I wanted to document it, minute by minute. No go. There’s just too much is going … Continue reading

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Waiting tables at Bread Loaf, 2007

It just doesn’t have a ring to it–hey, I’m going to Bread Loaf! I’m going to be a waiter! Usual Response: Uh, cool. You’re waiting tables at a bakery? Me: That’s the name of the mountain! It’s a writers’ conference! … Continue reading

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The background blah-blah

I’m a writer. But: I’ve erased everything that was here because I found it so appalling. I’ve never kept a diary (on a regular basis, that is) for the same reason. I have had just about all I can take … Continue reading

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