2008 Jack Straw Writers Program
The event featured readings by Wendy Call, Kevin Craft, Sharon Cumberland, Janna Cawrse Esarey, Waverly Fitzgerald, Merna Hecht, Jennifer Munro, Ghida Sinno, Judith Skillman, and Michael Spence. Curator Judith Roche selected 12 writers/writing teams out of dozens of applicants based on artistic excellence, diversity of literary genres, and a cohesive grouping of writers.