[R. S. Gwynn]

The reduced rate of $995 for the West Chester University Poetry Conference (workshops, panels, meals, lodging) will hold through April 15. We will have special rates for one-day attendees and panels-only guests.

We still have some scholarship funds available for those who wish to attend. Email me for details: rsgwynn1@cs.com.

http://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities...onference.aspx

[R. S. Gwynn]

The schedule. Some minor adjustments may be made.

Schedule of Workshops and Panels
2017 West Chester University Poetry Conference

Wednesday, June 7

8:00-9:45 am
Panel 1: Film and Coffee
Stevie, starring Glenda Jackson, Trevor Howard, and Mona Washbourne
Swope, tba

10:00-11:30 am
Panel 2: First Books
Chairs: Wendy Sloan and Quincy Lehr
Austin Allen
Kevin Cutrer
Charlotte Innes
Annie Kim
Dawn Manning

10:00-11:45 am
One-day Workshop
David Mason, Performing the Poem

11:45 am-12:45 pm
Lunch

1:00-2:30 pm
Panel 3: Great Debates II: A Women's Poetry or a Woman's Poetry?
Chair: Sam Gwynn
Annie Finch
Emily Grosholz
Panel of Distinguished Mystery Judges

2:45-4:00 pm
Panel 4: Molly Peacock, an Appreciation
Chair: Annie Finch
Rebecca Foust
Julie Fay
Moira Egan
Molly Peacock

3-4:30 pm
Critical Seminar I: Poetic Translation
Chair: Dick Davis
A. E. Stallings

4:15-5:30 pm
Panel 5: Awards Readings
Iris N. Spencer Award
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award
Rhina P. Espaillat Award
Wil Mills Fellowship
Donald Justice Prize, Ryan Wilson, The Stranger World

5:45-6:15 pm
Reception
Sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities
West Chester Foundation Building

6:15-7:45 pm
Banquet
Poet Emeritus: X. J. Kennedy
Poet Laureate: Molly Peacock
West Chester Foundation Building

8:00-9:00 pm
Keynote Reading: A. E. Stallings
Introduction, Sam Gwynn

10:00 pm-midnight
After-hours at the Poetry House
Hosts: Ned Balbo and Jane Satterfield

Thursday, June 8

8:15-9:45 am
Panel 6: What to Say? Editors, Friends, Poets, Beginners
Chair: Quincy Lehr

10:00-11:30 am
Panel 7: The Great American Songbook I
Chair: Al Basile
David Katz
Sam Gwynn
Jennifer Melek Ozgur


10-11:45 am
One-day Workshop
Robert Archambeau, The Non-metrical Line

11:45 am-12:45 pm
Lunch

1:00-3:00 pm
Workshops and Critical Seminars

3:15-4:30 pm
Panel 8: Stress Marks, the Accentual Line
Chair: Susan de Sola
George Green
Julie Kane
Marilyn Taylor
John Whitworth

3:15-4:30 pm
Open Readings: Breaking the Ice
Poetry House
Host: Anna Yin

4:30-5:45 pm
Panel 9: Dos Madres Press
Chair: Rick Mullin
Deborah Diemont
Kevin Cutrer
Paul Pines
Robert Murphy

5:45-6:45 pm
Reception
Sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities

7:00-8:00 pm
Dinner

8:15-9:30 pm
Faculty Readings
Robert Archambeau
Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Mark Jarman
Melissa Balmain
Moira Egan
Peter Makuck
Leon Stokesbury

10:00 pm-midnight
After-hours at the Poetry House
Hosts: Ned Balbo and Jane Satterfield

Friday, June 9

8:15-9:45 am
Panel 10: [W]Riting and [W]Revising
Amy Lemmon, Chair
Walter Ancarrow
Justine El-Khazen
Hafizah Geter
Catherine Staples

10:00-11:30 am
Panel 11: The Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial
Chair: Alexander Long

10:00-11:45
One Day Workshop: Hailey Leithauser, (In)formal Inventions

11:45-12:45
Lunch

1:00-3:00 pm
Workshops and Seminars

3:15-4:30 pm
Panel 12: The Other Cities I: Baltimore
Chairs: Ned Balbo and Moira Egan
Celeste Doaks
Greg Williamson
Jane Satterfield

3:15-4:30 pm
Open Readings: Mysterious Links
Poetry House
Host: Anna Yin

4:30-5:45
Panel 13: The Robert Lowell Centennial
Chair: James Wilson

5:45-6:45 pm
Reception
Sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities

7:00-8:00 pm
Dinner

8:15-9:30 pm
Faculty Readings
Dick Davis
Rebecca Foust
Frank Osen
David Mason
William Logan
Debora Greger
John Whitworth

10:00 pm-midnight
After-hours at the Poetry House
Hosts: Ned Balbo and Jane Satterfield

Saturday, June 10

8:15-9:30 am
Panel 14: Casting a Wider Net: Poetry and the Other Arts
Chair: Sarah Cortez

10:00-11:30 am
Panel 15: Bob Dylan, Yea or Nay?
Chair: Luke Stromberg
Leslie Monsour
Quincy Lehr
Jane Satterfield
George Green.


10:00-11:45 noon
Symposium: Poetry and Global Responsibility, I
Swope TBA
Chair: Shirley Geok-lin Lim
Emily Grosholz

11:45 am-12:45 pm
Lunch

1:00-3:00 pm
Workshops and Critical Seminars

3:15-4:45 pm
Panel 16: Readings by Faculty and Resident Poets
Chair: Ernest Hilbert
Sarah Cortez
Tony Barnstone
Juliana Gray
George Green
Julie Kane
Hailey Leithauser

3:15-4:45 pm
Open Readings: Iron Haiku Chef Competition
Poetry House
Host: Anna Yin

5:00-6:45 pm
Panel 17: Reports and Readings from the Critical Seminars
Chairs: Dick Davis, Greg Dowling, Moira Egan

6:30-7:45 pm
Faculty Book Signing and Dinner

8:00-9:30 pm
Concert
Lori Laitman and David Mason
The Scarlet Letter in Concert
Adler Theatre

Reception
Adler Theatre Lobby
Sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities
9:30-11 pm


Notes:

Keynote address and concert will be held in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, Swope Performing Arts Center.

All panels and faculty readings will be held in the Ware Family Recital Hall, Swope Performing Arts Center unless otherwise noted.

All receptions, meals, opening banquet, and picnic are at the West Chester University Foundation Building (Matlack Street).

The Poetry House will be open daily from 8:00 am till 6:00 pm and from 10-midnight (except Saturday evening). Alcohol may be publicly consumed only at the Foundation Building and at scheduled receptions because of University regulations.

[John (J.D.) Smith]

What option(s), if any, exist(s) for registration without taking a workshop or participating in a seminar?

[R. S. Gwynn]

Roughly $300 off the total price. Contact Ann Mascherino. amascherino@wcupa.edu

[John (J.D.) Smith]

Thank you very much. I will do that.

[R. S. Gwynn]

We are now entering the last few days of our reduced rate for the conference. It's good to see that some of you will be with us, and we still do have some scholarship money to assist those who want to attend.

[R. S. Gwynn]

We have added to the schedule what I hope will be a continuing series at the conference. It is titled "Poetry and Global Responsibility" and will focus this year on worldwide children's relief efforts. Confirmed as panelists are Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Emily Grosholz. We plan to add representatives from UNICEF and other organizations and at least one more poet. The symposium is scheduled for Saturday, June 10, at 10:00 a.m.