Donna Trussell, former Sewanee Writers’ Conference attendee, wrote a list called “The Things They Didn’t Carry” — the title being inspired by Tim O’Brien’s short story called “The Things They Carried” — to help those heading to conferences to pack the right items. Her list is below — click on it for the whole list — and I’m going to add some of my own items: Luna Bars — preferably Peppermint Running shoes Noise machine to block out people who party later than you do Deck of cards for