University of Virginia Library

Beating Around The Bush?

By BILL BARDENWERPER

The second Boatwright
Festival of Film and Literature
will be held this week, January
29 – February 2, at the
University of Richmond.
Renaissance scholar, cirtic and
novelist Anthony Burgess,
novelist Katherine Anne
Porter, scholar I.A. Richards,
editor Max Steele and poet
Diane Wakoski are among the
persons who will be in
attendance.

The festival is a casual affair
designed to give young and
established writers a chance to
talk about art and each other's
work in workshops, at parties
and during lunch. Participation
is not restricted to students
and writers, but is for anyone
wanting to learn about the
creative experience.

Although the loosely
arranged motif for discussion
is: "Is literature avoiding the
issues of our times?" many
other provocative ideas should
germinate, and the festival
could become a happening.

On Tuesday at 11:15 there
will be a lecture and
conversation with Pulitzer
Prize Winner, Richard Wilbur.
Mr. Wilbur is a major translator
of Moliere as well as the author
of six volumes of Poetry The
Beautiful Changes, Things of
this World). Later in the
evening at 8:00 Mr. Wilbur will
host a reading of his poetry
with a party scheduled to
follow. Also that afternoon, at
2:30 p.m. Peter Taylon, writer
–– in residency at the
University –– will hold a
drama workshop.

On Wednesday, Jan. 31,
Diane Wakoski will hold a
poetry workshop. Miss
Wakoski was poet-in-residence
at the University last semester
and has published four volumes
of her poetry including Inside
the Blood Factory,
Discrepancies and Apparitions.

At 8:00 in the evening
Katherine Anne Porter will
host a party with a reading and
commentary. Ms. Porter is best
known for her novels Ship of
Fools her novellas Pale Horse
and Pale Rider and her short
stories The Old Border.

On Thursday at 10:30 there
will be a discussion with
novelist William Harrison,
writer James Purdy and Diane
Wakoski. Mr. Purdy is one of
the country's leading
experimental novelists and
short story writers. Among
other things Mr. Purdy has
writer Color of Darkness,
Eustace Chisholm and the
Works. Mr. Harrison is a
novelist and frequent
contributor to Playboy and
Esquire. The Theologian and In
a Wild Sanctuary are two of his
most noted works.

On Friday at 2:30 p.m.
there will be a piano recital
from The Boys of Dublin,
which is a musical adaptation
of Ulysses by Anthony
Burgess. Mr. Burgess is
probably best known for his
novel A Clockwork Orange.

At 7:45 on Friday evening a
film of Mr. Burgess musical
adaptation of Joyce's Ulysses
will be shown. A discussion
with Mr. Burgess and critic
George Garrett will follow.

These are only a few of the
events which are scheduled for
the festival. A complete
schedule and/or changes in
scheduling can be obtained by
calling 703-285-6315 in
Richmond.