2013 UND Writers conference schedule

All events are at UND; all are free and open to the public. This year's theme is "A Portrait of the Artist."

Tuesday March 19

• World Poetry Reading, 2 p.m., Memorial Union River Valley Room.

• Reading: Richard Bausch, 4 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom.

• Film: "Elsa y Fred," 6 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.

• Reading: Dorothy Allison, 8 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom, followed by reception at North Dakota Museum of Art.

Wednesday March 20

• Public readings, 10 a.m., Memorial Union River Valley Room.

• Panel: "Remembrance of Things Past," noon, Memorial Union Ballroom, with Richard Bausch, Dorothy Allison, Mary Jo Bang. Moderator: Adam Kitzes.

• Film: "Adaptation," 2 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.

• Reading: Mary Jo Bang, 4 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom.

• Film: "Being Flynn," 6 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.

• Reading: Nick Flynn, 8 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom, followed by reception at North Dakota Museum of Art

Thursday March 21

• Public readings, 10 a.m., Memorial Union River Valley Room.

• Panel: "Diving into the Wreck," noon, Memorial Union Ballroom, with Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed, Ed Bok Lee. Moderator: Steven Morrison.

• Recording of "Why?" radio show, 2 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom, with guest Mary Jo Bang. Host: Jack Russell Weinstein.

• Reading: Ed Bok Lee, 4 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom.

• Film: "Winter's Bone," 6 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl

• North Dakota Humanities Council Reading: Cheryl Strayed, 8 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom.

Friday March 22

• Public Readings, 10 a.m., Memorial Union River Valley Room.

• Panel: "White Noise," noon, Memorial Union Ballroom. With Gary Shteyngart, Tony Kushner, Ed Bok Lee. Moderator: Chris Nelson.

• Film: "Floating Weeds," 2 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.

• Reading: Gary Shteyngart, 4 p.m., Memorial Union Ballroom

• Film: "Exit Through the Gift Shop," 6 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.

• A Conversation with Tony Kushner, 8 p.m., Chester Fritz Auditorium. Moderator: Jack Russell Weinstein.

Saturday March 23

• Community workshops, noon, Memorial Union.

• UND Theatre presents two works by Tony Kushner, 7:30 p.m., UND Burtness Lab Theatre. "Reverse Transcription: Six Playwrights Bury a Seventh, A Ten-Minute Play that's Nearly Twenty Minutes Long," and "Terminating, or Sonnet LXXV" or "Las Mein Schmerzen nicht verloren sein" or "Ambivalence."