Form and Fiction

The 9th Annual Raggant Fiction Festival took place Saturday, March 22nd, 2025. We considered Form and Fiction through both poetry and memoir with keynote speaker Ben Palpant, teacher at The Oaks in Spokane and author of A Small Cup of Light, Letters From the Mountain, multiple works of poetry, and a children’s book. See Mr. Palpant’s website here.

Talks

• Session 1 – Sean Higgins – “A Grief Endured” or, Processing Pain Page by Page
• Session 2 – Ben Palpant – “The Staff in Your Hand” – Writing Memoir As An Act of Praise
• Session 3 – Ben Palpant – “An Axe For the Frozen Sea” – What The Poets Can Teach
• Session 4 – Ben Palpant – “Brightwing is Real” – Writing Fiction As An Act of Hospitality
• Session 5 – Q&A with the speakers

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Read more about the history of the Fiction Festival here.