Nebraska Summer Writer's Conference features workshops, readings

The Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be June 13-19 at UNL. The conference offers weekend and week-long workshops in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction writing, and publishing.

Registration is open to the public. Fees, faculty information and other details are available on the conference Web site, http://nebraskawriters.unl.edu.

While workshops require registration, panel discussions and readings are free and open to the public, and are scheduled throughout the week. Topics include publishing work, researching historical novels, writing about family, and literature and the visual arts. Visit the Web site for a full schedule of events. For more information, e-mail nswc@unl.edu or call (402) 472-3067.

Workshop faculty and panelists include:
* Jonis Agee -- Author of "The River Wife."
* Grace Bauer -- Author of "Retreats & Recognitions" and "Beholding Eye."
* Daphne Beal -- Novelist and journalist, author of "In the Land of No Right Angles."
* Joy Castro -- Memoirist and fiction writer, author of the award-winning memoir, "The Truth Book."
* Meghan Daum -- Author of "My Misspent Youth" and "The Quality of Life Report."
* Sean Doolittle -- Award-winning crime novelist.
* David Ebershoff -- Author of "The 19th Wife" and editor at Random House.
* Anthony Hawley -- Author of "Forget Reading" and "The Concerto Form."
* Aaron Raz Link -- Author of the award-winning memoir "What Becomes You."
* Glenna Luschei -- Poet and editor, author of "Libido Dreams" and "Total Immersion."
* Hilda Raz -- Poet and editor, author of "All Odd and Splendid."
* Jewell Parker Rhodes -- Best-selling author of "Voodoo Dreams" and "Douglass' Women."
* Curtis Sittenfeld -- Best-selling author of "Prep" and "American Wife."

The conference will also host publishing industry professionals including:
* Lauren Cerand -- Publicist and author adviser.
* Anna deVries -- Editor for Simon and Schuster.
* Zach Dodson -- Co-publisher of independent publisher featherproof books, designer, and author of the novel "boring, boring, boring, boring, boring, boring, boring."
* James Engelhardt -- Managing editor of Prairie Schooner.
* Jonathan Messinger -- Co-publisher of featherproof books and author of the short-story collection "Hiding Out."
* Jessica Regel -- Literary agent.