A quick word of agreement with Meredith about the participants' reading. I only attended one of the two, and it was a real highlight for me. I wish I'd made the other. Like Gioia (I think it was he) said, some of the participants at WC could rival the faculty anywhere else. The smaller room, the informal setting, the 5 minutes reading time per poet, and above all the great poetry all made for a really exciting experience. It's not often I like almost everything I hear at an open mic. And it was particularly cool to hear sphere members read.
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