2008 Conference Program

All panel sessions are in Sykes Union Theater unless otherwise noted.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

MORNING REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN

Lobby, Sykes Union

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

AFTERNOON PANEL 1: First Books

Len Krisak, Chair

Lorna Knowles Blake, Permanent Address

Rob Griffith, A Matinee in Plato's Cave

Lynn Chandhok, The View from Zero Bridge

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

PANEL 2 : Iris N. Spencer Awards

Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Award Winner:

Robert Whitehead, Ursinus College

Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Award Runner-up:

Candice Nguyen, Swarthmore College

Myong Cha Son Haiku Award Winner:

Giaco Furino

Myong Cha Son Haiku Award Runner-up:

Nora Nussbaum, Swarthmore College

Donald Justice Award Winner:

John Poch, Two Men Fighting with a Knife

5:30 pm - 6:15 pm

EVENING RECEPTION Ballroom

6:15 pm - 8:00 pm

BANQUET Ballroom

8:15 pm - 9:30 pm

KEYNOTE READING: Richard Wilbur

Dana Gioia, Introduction

Swope Music Building Theater

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008

7:00 am - 8:00 am

MORNING BREAKFAST Lawrence Center or Holiday Inn

8:15 am - 9:45 am

PANEL 3: National Endowment for the Arts: Program in Poetry

Jon Peede, Director, Grants Programs: Literature , Chair

Mela Kirkpatrick

10:00 am - 11:30 am

PANEL 4: The Achievement of Richard Wilbur

Sunil Iyengar, Chair

Rhina Espaillat

Gerry Cambridge

10:00 am - 11:30 am

ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: Reviewing Poetry

Adam Kirsch

Sykes Ballroom C

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

LUNCH Lawrence Center

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

CRAFT WORKSHOPS AND CRITICAL SEMINARS

closed sessions

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

PANEL 5: Ekfrasis: A Consideration

Meredith Bergmann, Chair

David Yezzi

Terri Witek

Dick Davis

3:05 pm - 4:30 pm

PARTICIPANT READINGS

Common Grounds

4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

PANEL 6 : Second Books: A Reading

Amy Lemmon , Chair

Adam Kirsch

Michael Lind

Lisa Williams

David Yezzi

5:45 pm - 6:45 pm

SOCIAL HOUR Alumni House

6:45 pm - 8:00 pm

DINNER Traditions-Lawrence Center

8:15 pm - 9:30 pm

FACULTY READINGS

Dick Allen

Eric McHenry

Catherine Tufariello

Robert Shaw

Dana Gioia

10:00 pm

RECEPTION The Arts Scene

530 E. Union Street

West Chester

Best 2006 Art Gallery, Main Life Magazine

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008

7:00-8:00 AM

BREAKFAST Lawrence Center or Holiday Inn

8:15-9:45 am

PANEL 7A: Mezzo Cammin: Electronic Poetry

Kim Bridgford, Co-Chair

Meg Schoerke, Co-Chair

Barbara Crooker

Jehanne Dubrow

Julie Kane

Susan McLean

Leslie Monsour

8:15-9:45 am

PANEL 7B: Aralia Press Demonstration

F.H. Green Library, Room 509

10:00-11:30 am

PANEL 8: Robert Fitzgerald Award

Thomas Cable, Introduction and Conversation

Lewis Turco, Recipient

10:00-11:30 am

ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: Assembling Your First Manuscript

David Sanders

Sykes Ballroom C

11:30-12:45 pm

LUNCH

Lawrence Center

1:00-3:00 pm

CRAFT WORKSHOPS AND CRITICAL SEMINARS

closed sessions

3:05-4:30 pm

PARTICIPANT READINGS

Common Grounds

3:15-4:30 pm

PANEL 9: Philip Larkin: A Reconsideration

David Yezzi, Chair

Ben Downing

J. Allyn Rosser

N. S. Thompson

4:30-5:30 pm

PANEL 10: Turner Cassity: A Tribute

Kevin Durkin, Chair

David Sanders

A.E. Stallings

Dick Davis

5:45-7:00 pm

SOCIAL HOUR

Tanglewood

7:15-8:15 pm

DINNER

Traditions-Lawrence Center

8:30-9:45 pm

FACULTY READINGS

H.L. Hix

Rachel Hadas

Timothy Steele

Molly Peacock

David Mason

SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008

7:00-8:00 am

BREAKFAST

Lawrence Center or Holiday Inn

8:15-9:45 am