Peauxdunque Writers Alliance

Before the summer gets away, a brief word about and some pictures from the fantastic experiences of several Peauxdunque members at the first annual Oxford American Summit for Ambitious Writers. Put on by the fabulous folks at the Oxford American, the Summit selected a group of around 75 writers from across the country for a week of intensive workshopping and insightful lectures. Among the inaugural class were a few Peauxdunquians – Maurice Ruffin, Terri Stoor, J.Ed. Marston, Tad Bartlett, and Emily Choate.

The experience was all words, all the time, even during times of whiskey and wine. It was, to put it bluntly, Earth-shifting. And beautiful. And inspiring. Here are some great photos by the OA‘s Nicholas Pippins and Carol Ann Fitzgerald. Here are some more by Carol Ann.

Here are some by us:

: Maurice, Tad, and Terri, at the final Summit dinner

: Tad and J.Ed. on the edge of the mountain

: Tom Franklin’s workshop group: Mary, Tom Franklin, J.Ed., Starr Crow, David Meischen, Susan Vallee, Terri, Emily Choate, Tad, and Anene Tressler-Hauschultz

: Back in New Orleans from the Summit: Kasimu, Tad, Terri, Jamey, and Maurice

: J.Ed., new friends Susan Vallee and Emily Choate, Tad, and Maurice, on the edge of the mountain

Here we are with our first post on our spanking new website/blog/thing, a mere almost-four years after we started this great experiment. So I guess we’re official now. The About page will tell you a few things that you might expect to find in a first post. Here are a few pictures of some of the folks in the group: