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