2009 Conference Program
All panel sessions are in Sykes Union Theater unless otherwise noted.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
MORNING REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN
Lobby, Sykes Union
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
AFTERNOON
PANEL 1: Iris N. Spencer Awards
Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Award Winner: Molly O'Neill "Morrissey in the Morning," University of Pennsylvania
Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Award Runner-up: Frances Wright "Utah," University of Pennsylvania
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award Winner: David J. Doyle "Untitled," University of Pennsylvania
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award Runner-up: Victoria M. Lees "Summer Dreams," University of Pennsylvania
Donald Justice Award Winner:
Julie Kane, Jazz Funeral
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
PANEL 2: First Books
Len Krisak, Chair
Christine Casson, After the First World
Jehanne Dubrow, The Hardship Post
Nola Garrett, The Dynamite Maker's Mistress
Ernest Hilbert, Sixty Sonnets
Amy Lemmon, Saint Nobody
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
EVENING RECEPTION Ballroom
6:15 pm - 8:00 pm
BANQUET Ballrooms
8:15 pm - 9:30 pm
KEYNOTE READING: Donald Hall
Dana Gioia, Introduction
Swope Music Building Theater
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009
7:00 am - 8:00 am
MORNING BREAKFAST Lawrence Center or Holiday Inn
8:15 am - 9:45 am
PANEL 3: Poetry Handbooks
David Rothman, Chair
Marilyn Taylor
David Mason
Katherine Varnes
10:00 am - 11:45 am
PANEL 4: A Conversation with Donald Hall
Ernest Hilbert , Chair
10:00 am - 11:45 am
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: How to Submit Your Work to Journals: Editing and Revising Your Work for Publication
William Baer
Sykes Ballroom B
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: Robert Frost Reconsidered
Gregory Dowling , Chair
Gerry Cambridge
Bill Coyle
Juliana Gray
3:05 pm - 4:30 pm
PARTICIPANT READINGS
Ballroom C
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
PANEL 6 : Melopoeia
Rhina Espaillat, Chair
Alfred Nicol
John Tavano, acoustic guitar
Swope Music Building Theater
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
Sarah Busse
Sunil Iyengar
Jennifer Reeser
Moira Egan
Dick Allen
Chelsea Rathburn
H.L. Hix
Lisa Williams
R.S. Gwynn
J. Allyn Rosser
Timothy Steele
10:00 pm
RECEPTION Sykes Student Union
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009
7:00-8:00 AM
BREAKFAST Lawrence Center or Holiday Inn
8:15-9:45 am
PANEL 7B: Aralia Press Demonstration
F.H. Green Library, Room 509
10:00-11:45 am
PANEL 8: The Song of a Poet: Christopher Ricks on Bob Dylan
Bill Coyle, Chair
Christopher Ricks
10:00-11:45 am
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: Assembling Your First Manuscript
David Sanders
Sykes Ballroom B
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
Ballroom C
3:00-4:15 pm
PANEL 9: A Tribute to Tom Disch
Ben Downing, Chair
Dana Gioia
Melissa Balmain
Ken Tucker
4:30-5:45 pm
PANEL 10: Jazz and Poetry Concert
Helen Sung, piano
Swope Music Building Theater
5:45-7:00 pm
SOCIAL HOUR
Tanglewood
7:15-8:15 pm
DINNER
Traditions-Lawrence Center
8:30-9:45 pm
FACULTY READINGS
Ernie Hilbert
Jill Essbaum
Josh Mehigan
Rhina P. Espaillat
Dick Davis
Molly Peacock
David Mason
Kim Addonizio
Dana Gioia
Marilyn Nelson
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2009
7:00-8:00 am
BREAKFAST
Lawrence Center or Holiday Inn
8:15-9:45 am
PANEL
11: Critical Seminar Reports
10:00-11:45 am
PANEL 12: Robert Fitzgerald Award
Thomas Cable , Chair
Annie Finch, Recipient
10:00-11:45 am
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: A Conversation with Richard Wilbur
Dana Gioia, moderator
Sykes Ballroom C
11:30-12:45 pm
LUNCH
Lawrence Center
1:00-3:30 pm
CRAFT WORKSHOPS AND CRITICAL SEMINARS
closed sessions
3:15-4:15 pm
PANEL 13: A Tribute to Helen Pinkerton
James Wilson, Chair
Meredith Bergmann
Timothy Steele
Dick Davis
4:15-5:15 pm
PANEL 14: Richard Wilbur's Verse Translations
David Yezzi, Chair
Richard Wilbur
David Ives
5:15-5:45 pm
FACULTY BOOK SIGNING
Sykes Theater Lobby
5:45-7:30 pm
SOCIAL HOUR AND PICNIC
Alumni House
8:00-9:30 pm
SCENES FROM CLASSICAL FRENCH DRAMA: Richard Wilbur's Moliere and Corneille
Swope Music Building Theater