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LAST YEAR, in 2007...
The Starrucca House in Susquehanna PA served as an excellent gathering spot for Gardner afficianados old and
new, for a sharing of literary insight and personal reminiscence, for a fine, good time in the tradition of Gardner himself.
April 21, 2007 The Tenth Annual, 25th Memorial Conference... With a special "In Memory" of Jim Fessenden and Paul
Ferguson, born on the same day, missed terribly, the best of the best Gardner enthusiasts.
Thanks to one and all! Here's how it went...
Scholarly Conference 10:00-10:15 Arrival and coffee
10:15-10:30 Sandy Hiortdahl Welcome and Introduction: In Remembrance, Jim Fessenden and Paul
Ferguson
10:30-11:00 Kara Cahill
“Medievalism for Modernity:
Discourse Analysis of Legend in
the Fiction of John Gardner”
11:00-11:30 S. Ventura “Boethius in the Endless Mountains."
11:30-12:00 John Koloski “The
Shaper's Song: John Gardner And My First Novel”
1:00-1:15
Jan Quackenbush and Susan Thornton Memories of John in Susquehanna
1:45-2:15
Dana Washington “Moral Fiction and Realism: On the Bridge”
2:15-2:30 Phyllis Andrews Univ. of Rochester Rare Books/Special Collection... Brief overview of The John Gardner Archive
Festival
Events 2:30-5:00Presentation of Joel Gardner’s
movie “Sunlight Man”
News from the Gardner Society… and White Pine Press: Freddy’s Book to be in print
Reminiscences from friends, neighbors,
and colleagues of John Gardner
Tributes…fanfare and appropriate
toasting to the legend that has inspired this event
John Gardner
JOHN GARDNER FANS ARE AS LIVELY, SINCERE, AND CREATIVE AS THE MAN HIMSELF... COME AND SEE...
Thanks to all who participated.
THANKS to many people who helped with the event... Joel Gardner and Kate Camp for coming and bringing the Sunlight Man
and their kind contributions to the discussion... Phyllis Bergenholtz, who did the program... Catholic University which loaned
the equipment... The Matis Family of the Starrucca House, our excellent hosts... Marge Cervone for everything... Charley Boyd
and the JG Society for their financial (and emotional!) support... Phyllis Andrews and the University of Rochester for the
presentation and the overall good graces... Ted Brewster for helping with the IT-components... Members of the Susquehanna
community, such as Jeanne and Clifton who gave us personal glimpses of Gardner the man in the community...
OTHER RESOURCES FOR GARDNER MATERIAL:
The
Arch and the Abyss: A John C. Gardner Resource
http://www.johngardner.org/
contains fabulous links
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The John C. Gardner Appreciation Page run by the John Gardner Society
This page, maintained on the Genessee Community College website, has excellent links but goes
down from time to time… worth checking back on. www.genesee.edu/gardner/
The Society runs the Appreciation Page (above), and sponsors a
yearly Fall event, called Batavia Reads John Gardner as well as the yearly scholarly conference,
generally in April.
University of Rochester, Special Collections
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=891
 
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