Events Open to the Public 2024

Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference 2024

Lectures and readings are free and open to the public. Events are subject to change; call 802-443-5286 to confirm days and times.

Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences
8:00 p.m., Little Theater

Welcome with Directors Jennifer Grotz and Megan Mayhew Bergman, and Readings by Helen Macdonald and Emily Wilson

Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Little Theater

Lecture by Emily Raboteau, “Writing the Climate Crisis: Imagine, Reveal, Reckon, Repair”

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Barn

Lecture by Anton Hur, “Translation in the Real World”

Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences
8:00 p.m., Little Theater

Readings by Sean Hill, Madhu H. Kaza, Megan Mayhew Bergman, and Matvei Yankelevich

Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Little Theater

Lecture by Kazim Ali, “The Ecopoetics and Ecotheology of Lucille Clifton’s Late Poetry”

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Barn

Lecture by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, “Pleasing to the Ear? Practical Strategies for Translating Sound”

Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences
8:00 p.m., Little Theater

Readings by Bruna Dantas Lobato, Tarfia Faizullah, Jennifer Grotz,and Pitchaya Sudbanthad

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference
10:15 a.m., Barn

Lecture by Madhu H. Kaza, “Not Knowing :: How to Translate”

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference
4:30 p.m., Barn

Lecture by Sony Ton-Aime, “Translation as a Means of Inquiry”

Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Little Theater

Lecture by Tarfia Faizullah, “Poetry and the Apocalypse”

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Barn

Lecture by Bruna Dantas Lobato, “Horizon Stretchers: Translating Style in The Words That Remain”

Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences
8:00 p.m., Little Theater

Readings by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, Kazim Ali, and Emily Raboteau

Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Little Theater

Lecture by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, “Drawing the Lines”

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference
9:00 a.m., Barn

Lecture by Emily Wilson, “Retranslating the Iliad”

Bread Loaf Environmental and Bread Loaf Translators’ Conferences
8:00 p.m., Little Theater

Readings by Nikky Finney, Anton Hur, and Claire Vaye Watkins