Hugo Literary Series

New work from the 2008-2009 Hugo Literary Series

My Avatar - Mar. 20

Jennifer Finney Boylan - "The Porcupine Woman"
Alle C. Hall, winner of the New Works Competition - My '70s Avatar
Michael Schmeltzer, runner-up in the New Works Competition - To Catch an Avatar
Lizzy Presland, winner of the Youth New Works Competition - Avatar
Matt Turner, runner-up in the Youth New Works Competition - Exchange

72 Hours- Feb. 13

Pam Houston - an excerpt from "Are We There Yet?"

New work from writers in Hugo House's community that took the 72 Hours challenge

Personal Injury - Nov. 21

Ryan Boudinot - Threadz: Dress for Success
Richard Rodriguez - Tour de France
Sallie Tisdale - Avalanche

Road Trip - Oct. 24

Matt Ruff - Safe Negro Travel Guide
Marie Howe - For my daughter, Inan

2007-2008 Hugo Literary Series

Lost in Translation - Oct. 12

Lesley Hazleton - Essay
Randall Kenan - The Eternal Glory that is Hamhocks

We Could Be Heroes - Nov. 16

Jack Hitt - Vikings
Brian Turner - Poems
Ellen Forney - A Worthy Cause

Love is the Drug - Feb 15

Monica Drake - Mr. Slips
Rick Moody - Modern Lovers

Answered Prayers and Other Tragedies - Mar. 28 at Town Hall

David Schmader - Litter (Part Two)
Michelle Tea - The Brynna Joelle Show

Telling Childhood, Hugo House's Final Annual Inquiry, Oct. 12-13, 2006

Greil Marcus - Obsessive Memories
David Rakoff - Shrimp
Ryan Boudinot - Why I Like Rock
Rebecca Brown - Inventing Childhood
Deb Caletti - 10,000 Miles Into The Grand Canyon
Stacey Levine - The Danas
Shira Richman - Poems