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Get Lit! 2008 schedule

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To order tickets, call (509) 325-SEAT, (800) 325-SEAT or go online at www.ticketswest.com. For questions about Get Lit! in general, call (509) 368-6587.

Monday

9 p.m. – Reading, EWU MFA creative writing students, Empyrean Coffee House, 154 S. Madison. Call (509) 838-9819. Free.

Tuesday

7:30 p.m. – Reading, EWU creative writing faculty, Empyrean Coffee house. Free.

Wednesday

6:30 p.m. – Teen poetry slam, Empyrean Coffee House. Free.

7:30 p.m. – Author appearance (David James Duncan), Lair Auditorium, Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. Call (509) 533-7000. Free.

Thursday

7:30 p.m. – Author appearance (Diana Abu-Jaber), Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague. Call (509) 227-7638. $15/$10.

Friday

Noon-1 p.m. – Reading (poet Thomas Lynch et al), Music Building Recital Hall, Eastern Washington University Cheney campus. Call (509) 359-6200.

1-2:15 p.m. – Reading, Lost Horse Poets, Spokane Athletic Club, 1002 W. Riverside Ave. Call (509) 838-8511.

2:30-4 p.m. – Reading (Yesho Atil, Elinor Langer, J.W. Marshall, Robert McNamara, Lex Runciman), Spokane Club.

7:30 p.m. – Evening of Poetry and Jazz (Dorianne Laux, David Wojahn, B. T. Shaw, Glen Moore), Showalter Auditorium, EWU Cheney campus. $15.

Saturday

9:30-11:30 a.m. – Writing workshops (Karen Karbo, Elinor Langer, Katrina Roberts), Spokane Club. Call (509) 368-6587 for fee and registration information.

Noon-1 p.m. – Panel discussion: Successful writing (Christopher Howell, Robert McNamara, Lex Runciman, B.T. Shaw, Michael Wiegers), Spokane Club. Free.

1-2:30 p.m. – Reading (Black Heron Press authors), Spokane Club. Free.

1:30-2:30 p.m. – Panel discussion: Getting Serious Books Published (Rachel Toor, Ivar Nelson), Spokane Club. Free.

2:15-4 p.m. – Workshop for teen writers (Willow Springs editors), Spokane Club. Free.

2:30-4 p.m. – Reading (Dan Butterworth, Jennifer Davis, Phillip Garrison, Karen Karbo, Katrina Roberts), Spokane Club. Free.

4:15 p.m. – Talk: Undertaking Fiction (Thomas Lynch), Bing Crosby Theater. $10/$5.

7:30 p.m. – Talk: The End of America (Naomi Wolf), Bing Crosby Theater. $25/$15.

Sunday

1 p.m. – Author appearance (Tobias Wolff, host Jess Walter), Spokane Club. $10.