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The story of a teacher who cares too much, or perhaps not enough. A novel about the responsibility of friendship and the limits of compassion and action in circumstances most fraught with those problems: a high school.
"Sometimes harrowing, sometimes funny, often luminously beautiful and always profoundly imaginative and moving..."
“A beautiful and aching novel, alarming in its wisdom and treatment of one of the great terrors, loneliness, and one of the great mercies, forgiveness.”
--Rick Bass
“An experience so intimate... that it almost blinds you with love.”
--O- The Oprah Magazine
“A brilliant exploration of human darkness, delusion, and desire for redemption.”
--Beth Henley, author of Crimes of the Heart

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Announcing: The Second Annual NOVA Woodbridge Writers' Retreat: May 16th-19th 2012

The 2nd annual Woodbridge Writers' Retreat. Each student manuscript will be critiqued in a panel workshop by all four writers in this unique format. Dorothy Allison, Alan Cheuse, Richard McCann, and Robert Bausch will read and respond to each student manuscript in one large group. Enrollments are limited to 20 students. Workshops begin on the evening of Wednesday, May 16th at the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) in Woodbridge, Virginia. The workshop will run from 9:00 am until 1:00pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There will be afternoon craft talks and evening readings in the theater. Cost: $700.00. This includes dinner Wednesday, breakfast and lunch on Thursday and Friday. Hotel accommodations are available at a reasonable cost. Transportation from hotel to the sight of the workshop, NVCC's Woodbridge Campus, will be provided.

This is the most reasonably priced workshop in the country. Seating must be limited to the first 18 who enroll. For more information about payment and the workshop, please e-mail Robert Bausch at rbausch@​nvcc.edu. Or call, (703) 878-5664. Enrollments begin March 5th, 2012. Manuscripts, limted to 15-18 pages max, must be submitted by April 10th, 2012. Poetry, Novel chapters, short stories, and memoir may be included in the workshop.

THE WRITERS

Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison is the author of the award winning novel, BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA. She is the author of five books of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, and the winner of numerous literary awards. For more information about Dorothy Allison, please vist her Web site at www.dorothyallison.net.

Alan Cheuse
Alan Cheuse has been NPR's longtime "Voice of Books." He is also the author of four novels, three story collections, and the memoir FALL OUT OF HEAVEN. He has taught creative writing and literature at George Mason University for many years. He has been a teacher, friend and mentor to countless students. For more information about Alan Cheuse, please visit his Web site at www.alancheuse.com.

Richard McCann
Richard McCann is a best selling author and creative writing professor at American University. He is best known for his memoir MOTHER OF SORROWS and a brilliant collection of poems called GHOST LETTERS. For more information about Richard McCann, please visit his Web site at http://richardmccann.net.

Robert Bausch
Robert Bausch is the author of nine novels and a collection of short stories. He has been awarded the John Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature and The Fellowship of Southern Writers Award for Fiction. HIs fifth work of fiction was a New York Times Notable Book of the year and a Washington Post Favoirit Book of the year. He has taught Creative Writing for 36 years.