The Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers will feature distinguished fiction and poetry faculty giving public readings and lectures July 3-12, as part of the program's summer residency for its graduate students.

The readings and lectures, each lasting about one hour, are free and open to the public. For more details call the MFA office at (828) 771-3715. Here is the complete public schedule (subject to change):

READINGS (8:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall behind the Warren Wilson College Chapel unless otherwise indicated)
July 3 - (8 p.m.) Liam Callanan, Michael Collier, Christopher Castellani, Alan Shapiro, Alix Ohlin.
July 4 - Robert Cohen, Mary Leader, Laila Lalami, Daniel Tobin, Kevin McIlvoy.
July 5 - Reginald Gibbons, Stacey D'Erasmo, Martha Rhodes, Laura Hendrie, C.J. Hribal.
July 6 - (Canon Lounge) Charles D'Ambrosio, Joan Aleshire, Murad Kalam, C. Dale Young, Susan Neville.
July 7 - Rick Barot, Grace Dane Mazur, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Peter Turchi, Stephen Dobyns.
July 8 - (6 p.m., Malaprop's, 55 Haywood St., Asheville) Poets Joan Aleshire, Rick Barot, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Stephen Dobyns, Reginald Gibbons, Heather McHugh, Steve Orlen, Alan Shapiro and Daniel Tobin.
July 9 - Heather McHugh, Charles Baxter, Steve Orlen, David Haynes, Ellen Bryant Voigt.
July 10 - Graduating student readings: Laurie Capps, Bryan Furuness, Layla Carroll, Sarah Grano, Abby Wender, Frederick Weihe.
July 11 - Graduating student readings: Lauren Alwan, Timothy Cook, Ann Knol, Victoria Bosch Murray, Lili Flanders, Ross White.
July 12 - (4:30 p.m., followed by Graduation Ceremony) Graduating student readings: Maudelle driskell, Christopher Causey, Marie Pavlicek-Wehrli, Janet Crossen, Judith Westley, Krystn Lee.

LECTURES (Fellowship Hall)
July 4 - (11:15 a.m.) Charles Baxter, "Regarding Happiness."
July 5 - (9 a.m.) Grace Dane Mazur, "Forbidden Looking."
July 9 - (9:15 a.m.) Stephen Dobyns, "Linebreaks."
July 10 - (9:15 a.m.) Stacey D'Erasmo, "Love Among the Ruins."
July 11 - (9:15 a.m.) Heather McHugh, "Rhetoric Rocks, Grammar Matters."
July 12 - (10:45 a.m.) Peter Turchi, "If it makes you happy, why the hell are you so sad?" - Lance Armstrong's ex-girlfriend.