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
PANEL
11: The Contemporary Sonnet
R.S. Gwynn, Chair
10:00-11:30 am
PANEL 12: Not Worth a Turd: The Doggerel Tradition
David Rothman, Chair
John Ridland
Marilyn Taylor
Bruce Bennett
10:00-11:30 am
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: Master Class in Form
Dana Gioia
Sykes Ballroom C
11:30-12:45 pm
LUNCH
Lawrence Center
1:00-3:00 pm
CRAFT WORKSHOPS AND CRITICAL SEMINARS
closed sessions
3:15-4:00 pm
PANEL 13: The Scarlet Letter: A Round Table Discussion
Michael Peich, Chair
Lori Laitman
David Mason
Rob Holden
Swope Music Building Theater
4:15-5:15 pm
PANEL 14: Concert: The Scarlet Letter: Scenes From a New Opera
Swope Music Building Theater
5:30-6:00 pm
BOOK SIGNING
Sykes Theater Lobby
5:45-7:30 pm
SOCIAL HOUR AND PICNIC
Alumni House
8:00-9:30 pm
FACULTY READINGS
Diane Thiel
Andrew Hudgins
Dick Davis
Mark Jarman
A.E. Stallings