SwampFire
Second Retreat: 2009
Burns family farm, Larwill IN
The second annual English Department summer retreat, hosted by Dawn Burns, took place on June 20-21 and included work sessions among the trees and informal critique around an evening campfire.
Creative Writing students Tyler Dunham, Jared Erickson, Mallory Gee, and Angela Santo attended, accompanied by Professors Mary Catherine Harper, Jerri Courtney, and Dawn Comer. Friends of the arts Michelle Marshall and Zoe Marshall also attended.
Tyler Dunham and Mallory Gee in the kitchen of the Burns farmhouse 
Angela Santo and Mallory Gee during the Saturday writing session 
Jared Erickson and Tyler Dunham during Saturday’s writing time 
Students still hard at work writing 
Professor Jerri Courtney writes indoors 
Professor Mary Catherine Harper writes under walnut trees 
Professor Dawn Burns also spends her writing time among the trees of her family farm 
Jared and Tyler tend the late-afternoon fire 
Jared gets vegetable kabobs ready for the fire 
Angela reads her piece at the evening workshop session 
Michelle Marshall and Mallory listen to a workshop reader
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At every SwampFire gathering, whether a monthly or bi-monthly workshop on Zoom or the yearly face-to-face retreat, Dawn’s vision inspires participants to boldly create and share works that express their true selves. On future webpages, reflections and poems written during retreat time will be showcased here.
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