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The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is one of America's most valuable literary institutions. For more than 75 years, the workshops, lectures, and classes, held in the shadow of the Green Mountains, have introduced generations of participants to rigorous practical and theoretical approaches to the craft of writing, and given America itself proven models of literary instruction. Bread Loaf is not a retreat--not a place to work in solitude. Instead it provides a stimulating community of diverse voices in which we test our own assumptions regarding literature and seek advice about our progress as writers.
Britton Keeshan '05 has a quest to climb the "Seven Summits," the tallest peaks on each continent. He's reached the top of six so far, starting at the age of 15, and will leave in March to attempt to climb Mount Everest by May.
