Poetry Conference
          
West Chester University
WCU Poetry Conference
Poetry House
Director: Michael Peich
Coordinator: Jamie Smith
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383
610-436-3235
poetry@wcupa.edu

2005 Photos

 

Joshua Mehigan, Leslie Monsour, Alfred Nicol, Moira Egan, and Len Krisak (L to R)

Poetry Conference registration table

Moira Egan First Books Panel

 

R.S. Gwynn, Deborah Warren, Rhina P. Espaillat, and A.M. Juster The Formalist: A Tribute

Patric Pepper

Poetry Conference Staff at the registration table

 

Conferees discuss The Formalist Panel

Marisa de los Santos chats with Poetry Conference participant at the opening reception

David Yezzi, Kean Spencer, and Marc Graver look at media coverage of the WCU Poetry Conference

 

Mark Jarman, Terri Witek, Anne Stevenson, and Dick Davis at the opening reception

Poetry conferees enjoy the opening reception

Moira Linehan and WCU President Madeleine Wing Adler at the opening reception

 

William Baer

Michael Peich welcomes everyone to the West Chester University Poetry Conference

Michael Peich, Moira Linehan, Fred Lane, and WCU President Madeleine Wing Adler

 

Kean Spencer and President Adler

Dan Stone, David Caplan, and Dana Gioia

Kean Spencer presents the Iris N. Spencer Award

 

President Adler and Dana Gioia

Conference participants wait to hear Keynote Speaker Anne Stevenson

President Adler and Dana Gioia

 

Anne Stevenson Keynote Speaker

Michael Peich and Anne Stevenson listen to Dana Gioia's introduction of the Keynote Speaker

Terri Witek, Sunil Iyengar, and Dana Gioia discuss Anne Stevenson

 

William Bear and Rhina P. Espaillat Sonnet Panel

Marisa de los Santos Poetry Reading

Carrie Jerrell, Tony Barnstone, and William Baer

 

Christian Wiman Poetry Reading

The Sonnet Panel

David Yezzi Poetry Reading

 

Rafael Campo Poetry Reading

Adam Kirsch teaches the one-day Reviewing Poetry workshop

Marina Tarlinskaya Robert Fitzgerald Award Recipient

 

Adam Kirsch

Thomas Cable introduces the Robert Fitzgerald Award

Thomas Cable, Michael Peich, and Marina Tarlinskaya

 

Garrick Davis, Thomas Cable, Michael Peich and Marina Tarlinskaya

Fred Lane chats with Kean Spencer at the President's reception

WCU President Madeleine Wing Adler hosts a reception at Tangelwood

 

President's Reception

Jamie Smith samples appetizers at the President's reception

President's Reception

 

David Mason, B.H. Fairchild, and David Rothman talk during the President's reception

President's reception

Tony Barnstone and Annie Finch

 

President's Reception

President's reception

Timothy Steele, Dick Davis, and A.E. Stallings

 

Timothy Steele Poetry Reading

Dick Davis Poetry Reading

R.S. Gwynn Poetry Reading

 

Dana Gioia introduces the Poetry & Song Concert

A.E. Stallings Poetry Reading



Audience at Poetry & Song Concert
 

Lori Laitman, piano and Barbara Quintiliani, soprano perform during the Poetry & Song Concert

Lee Poulis, baritone performs at the Poetry & Song Concert

Poetry & Song Concert

 

Lee Poulis

Barbara Quintiliani

Dana Gioia

 

David Mason reads his poem, "Swimmers on the Shore"

Barbara Quintiliani and Lee Poulis perform Lori Laitman's setting of Dana Gioia's "Equations of the Light"

Annie Finch reads her poem, "Letter for Emily Dickinson"

 

Annie Finch, Lee Poulis, Barbara Quintiliani, Dana Gioia, Michael Peich, Lori Laitman, and David Mason

Annie Finch and Lori Laitman

Art Song performers signing programs

 

Poetry & Song Concert

Michael Peich and Dana Gioia at the Alumni House picnic

Poetry & Song Concert

 

Alumni House Picnic

Alumni House Picnic

Alumni House Picnic

 

Impromtu jam session at the Alumni House Picnic

Dana Gioia Poetry Reading

Alumni House Picnic

 

David Mason Poetry Reading

Wil Mills performs his new Country & Western song

Kim Addonizio Poetry Reading

 

David Mason and audience congratulate Michael Peich for another successful WCU Poetry Conference

Michael Peich makes closing remarks to conference participants on Saturday, June 11, 2005