Kieve-Wavus News Spring 2013 - Camp Kieve

Dixon Thayer (Kieve ’61,’62,’64,Advisory Board / Trustee ’99-present),Henry Kennedy (Kieve ’67-’72, Staff’80-present) and Jeb Burns (Kieve’69, ’70 Advisory Board / Trustee ’01-present) meet up in Park City to enjoya little bit of famous Utah powder.Will Stevens (Kieve ‘06-’10, Staff ‘13)representing Middlebury and HenryCoote (Kieve ‘03-’10, Staff ‘12, ‘13) onthe Trinity side of the Lax field. We’reguessing the game didn’t end in a“Kieve tie”.Wavus in the '30sA civilized game of volleyball at Wavus in the‘30sLike us onFacebookat Kieve-Wavus EducationGo to our Facebook pageon your iPhone or Droid.Damariscotta Lake Writers’ ConferenceApplicationshave begunt o a r r i v e i nNobleboro for the2 nd DamariscottaL a ke Wr i t e r s ’Conference forsecondary schoolteachers, August4-9 at the KennedyLearning Center( K L C ) . A f t e rl a s t s u m m e r ’ ssuccessful plungea n d e n s u i n gaccolades fromparticipants, organizers are excitedabout this year’s faculty and program.The roster will include Julianna Baggottas the 2013 Hog Island Lecturer. She’sthe author of nineteen books whichappear under her own name as wellas Bridget Asherand N.E. Bode. Mostnotably, she’s theauthor of Pure andFuse (the first twobooks in the Puretrilogy), the NationalB e s t s e l l e r G i r lTalk, The Madam,and The ProvenceC u r e f o r t h eB r o ke n h e a r t e d ,as well as threecollections of poetry, including LizzieBorden in Love. She co-wrote WhichBrings Me to You with Steve Almond,A Best Book of 2006 (Kirkus Reviews).Resident faculty John Casteen (For theMountain Laurel and Free Union) andRalph Sneeden (Evidence of the Journey)Laptops, readers and notebooks ready, 2012 participants mug for a photoafter a workshop on the porch of the KLC. Visiting Faculty fiction writerLaura van den Berg with John Casteen and Ralph Sneeden in the back.Members of the DLWC gang hanging out onAudubon’s Hog Island facility with writer BillRoorbach (binoculars).A voluntary evening fireside reading by participants at the KLC.will join poet Todd Hearon (StrangeLand) in delivering on-site classes andworkshops at the KLC. Last year’sparticipants enjoyed a productiveweek of generating new material,revising, and sharing their work, notto mention dailyplunges off thedock, kayaking anda sublime trip toMaine Audubon’sHog Island. Sincehis stint as our firstHog Island Lecturer,Bill Roorbach isenjoying plenty ofpraise for his latestnovel Life AmongGiants (Algonquin),about which the New York Timessaid, “…all of its wild characters feelgenuine, their aches and flaws anddesires wholly organic; and the plotthey’re tangled in moves forward ata breakneck pace. It’s a dizzy romp.”2012 faculty Laura van den Berg’ss e c o n d b o o k ,The Isle of Youthis forthcomingfrom Farrar StrausGiroux. For moreinformation aboutt h i s s u m m e r ’sconference, visitk i e ve. o r g a n dspread the word—the deadline haspassed, but thereare a still a fewspots left!26