Well, you need a report from somebody in the audience, but my report as a participant is that it was lots of fun. People who are on Facebook should be able to see my pictures--and Kate Bernadette Benedict's pictures, which are way better than mine, because she WAS in the audience.
We started a bit late, because nobody herded us onto the stage, but we eventually got out there. Everybody read very well indeed, IMO. There were very short poems and very long ones (Jacqueline Osherow gets the prize for length, I think) but all were well delivered--and except for one mysterious mic failure, quickly cured by Michael Robbins, no sound system trouble. It did go on quite long, what with socializing and book signing; we got out of there about 10.
From my vantage point, it looked like somebody was videotaping. Maybe we'll hear more about that.
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