Comments on Mason Fiction: A Slice of Wheat with Capote on the Side!

But wait, there's more: Sally Keith is on the advi...

2008-08-29T17:11:00.000-04:00

But wait, there's more: Sally Keith is on the advisory board there, and Susan's son Porter Shreve gave a presentation there this summer. Bev Lowry was faculty in the 90s, and Kyoko Mori was a fellow a while back after her first book came out. Dick Bausch was Dick Bausch there for quite some time, too.

Regardless: there are never enough Mason people invading Middlebury as far as I'm concerned. You all should be waiting tables there asap.

While we're doing Mason shout-outs, I thought I'd ...

2008-08-29T14:22:00.000-04:00

While we're doing Mason shout-outs, I thought I'd mention that Mason MFA faculty member Susan Shreve (http://www.susanshreve.com/) was on the fiction Bread Loaf faculty for the 2000 conference. I remember hearing that in passing and I double checked it on the internet. I also found that she was a Bread Loaf fellow and on staff (translation: waitress?) in 1974-76.

Thanks for the shout-out, DH. It was a great time:...

2008-08-29T10:17:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the shout-out, DH. It was a great time: everyone should do it if they have the chance. I got to wear my awesome MASON MFA Writer to dinner service, where I gave Susan Orlean a refill on her coffee.

Here's the small rundown of the thing:

http://mikescalise.net/blog/?p=224

And here's the issue of the Crumb with my "performance review" (on page 2):

http://tinyurl.com/5533kz

Also, I should note that former Mason faculty member Matt Bondurant was a two-time waiter, and excellent nonfictioner Casey Wiley studied under David Sheilds there last year. All of this is to say: let's get some more Mason folk there asap.

In fact, a recent (spring 08) nonfiction MFA grad,...

2008-08-28T20:19:00.000-04:00

In fact, a recent (spring 08) nonfiction MFA grad, Mike Scalise, was selected as a waiter up there. He posted a few notes as it went along on Twitter http://twitter.com/mikescalise and a sort of summary here http://mikescalise.net/blog/.