[R. S. Gwynn]

The 22nd West Chester University Poetry Conference
June 7-10, 2017

Poet Emeritus
X. J. Kennedy

Three-day Workshops
1. Rebecca Foust
The Contemporary Sonnet
2. Molly Peacock
Poet Laureate
The Ekphrastic Muse
3. Melissa Balmain & Frank Osen
Light Verse and Parody
4. Alicia Stallings
Keynote speaker
Master Class
5. Peter Makuck
The Poetic Narrative
6. William Logan & Debora Greger
Finding Your Form
7. John Whitworth
Rhyming and Competing
8. Shirley Geok-lin Lim
The Worldwide Stage of English Poetry
9. Mark Jarman
Blank Verse and the Iambic Line
10. Leon Stokesbury
The Dramatic Voice

One-day Workshops
1. Sarah Cortez
Occupation and Preoccupation: Poetry and Work
2. Robert Archambeau
The Non-Metrical Line
3. David Mason
Performing the Poem
4. Hailey Leithauser
(In)Formal Inventions

Critical Seminars
1. Dick Davis
Verses and Voices: Poetic Translation
2. Greg Dowling & Moira Egan
The Achievement of Stevie Smith

Guests
Annie Finch
Emily Grosholz
The Great Debate II: Women’s Poetry or a Woman’s Poetry

Anna Yin
Coordinator, Open Readings at the Poetry House

Ned Balbo
Jane Satterfield
Hosts, After-hours at the Poetry House

Resident Poets
Tony Barnstone
Juliana Gray
Cally Conan-Davies
Julie Kane
George Green

Concert
Lori Laitman and David Mason
The Scarlet Letter (Concert Version)

Senior Interns
Andrew Baranek
Luke Bauerlein
Luke Stromberg

Program Director

Sam Gwynn
rsgwynn1@cs.com

Business Manager

Ann Mascherino
amascherino@wcupa.edu

http://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities/poetry/

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The annual poetry conference is sponsored by the West Chester University Poetry Center and the College of Arts and Humanities.