Tuesday, May 21
Wednesday, May 22
Thursday, May 23
Friday, May 24
Tuesday, May 21
10:00 a.m. Check-in
12:00-1:00 Lunch, Mercy Center Dining Hall
1:15-2:30
- New Books Reading, Anton Yakovlev (Chair), Nicholas Friedman, Dolores Hayden, Joyce Wilson, Keith Wilson
2:45-4:00
- Free Verse, David Katz (Chair), Harvey Hix, Clare Rossini, Linda Stern
4:15-5:30
- Collaboration, MaryAnn L. Miller and J. C. Todd (Co-Chairs)
- Writing Through Trauma, with a Tribute to Anya Silver, Marjorie Maddox (Chair), Barbara Crooker, Julie Moore
6:00-7:00 Opening Reception
7:00-8:00 Dinner
8:30-9:30 Faculty Reading
Melissa Balmain, Harvey Hix, Clare Rossini, Michael Shewmaker
Wednesday, May 22
8:00-10:00 Coffee
8:30-9:45
- Participant Reading
- Laughing at the News: Topical Comic Verse, Melissa Balmain (Chair), Julia Griffin, Pat Myers, Chris O’Carroll
9:30-12:00
- Manny Vega Portrait Scroll
10:00-11:30
- Ordering Your Poetry Manuscript, Jon Tribble One-Day-Workshop
- Alongside We Travel: Contemporary Poets on Autism, Sean Thomas Dougherty (Chair), Meredith Bergmann, Kim Bridgford, Barbara Crooker, Sherine Gilmour
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: Balmain, Bergmann, Espada, Evans, Hix
3:15-4:30
- Spotlight reading, Tiana Clark and Richie Hofmann, introduced by David Katz
- The Sonnet Crown, Kathleen McClung (chair), Julie Kane, Michael Shewmaker, Myrna Stone
4:45-6:00
- Villa Nelle Anthology Reading, Marilyn Taylor (Chair), Melissa Balmain, Meredith Bergmann, Kim Bridgford, Debra Bruce, Barbara Crooker, Thomas Davenport, Anna M. Evans, Annie Finch, Julie Kane, Karen Kelsay, Barbara Loots, Susan McLean, Chris O’Carroll, Wendy Sloan, Gail White
- Elegy and Anti-elegy, Allison Joseph One-Day-Workshop
6:00-7:00 Reception
7:00-8:30 Keynote Banquet
Presentation to Contest Award Winners
8:45-9:45 Keynote Address and Reading
Global poetry address and poetry reading, Terrance Hayes, introduced by Kim Bridgford (Director)
Thursday, May 23
8:00-10:00 Coffee
8:30-9:45
- Participant Reading, featuring Katherine Swett
- Translation, Harvey Hix and Julie Kane (Co-chairs), Martín Espada, Tyson Hausdoerffer, Susan McLean, and Anton Yakovlev
9:30-12:00
- Manny Vega Portrait Scroll
10:00-11:30
- Faculty Reading, Meredith Bergmann, Allison Joseph, Lynne Thompson, Jon Tribble
- Free Voice Workshop, Kay Cosgrove
- Poetry & Healing, Rafael Campo One-Day-Workshop
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: Balmain, Bergmann, Espada, Evans, Hix
1:00-3:00 Two-Day Workshops: Mahogany Browne and Clare Rossini
3:15-4:30
- New Books Reading, Grant Miller (Chair), Anna M. Evans, Allison Joseph, Susan de Sola, Kathleen McClung
- Editing, Karen Kelsay (Chair), Stephen Corey, Rebecca Olander
- Show & Tell: Beyond the Concrete, Michael Shewmaker One-Day-Workshop
4:45-6:00
- Poetry by the Sea Lecture, A. E. Stallings, introduced by Dolores Hayden
6:00-7:00 Reception
7:00-8:00 Dinner
8:30-9:45 Faculty Reading
Mahogany Browne, Rafael Campo, Martin Espada, Anna M. Evans, Annie Finch
Friday, May 24
8:00-10:00 Coffee
8:30-9:45
- Participant Reading
- A Tribute to John Whitworth, Karen Kelsay (Chair), Melissa Balmain, Peter Davies, Susan de Sola, Charlotte Innes, Julie Kane, Susan McLean
10:00-11:30
- Spotlight Reading, Sean Thomas Dougherty and Adrian Matejka, introduced by Allison Joseph
- Poetry Plays Hopscotch, Lynne Thompson One-Day-Workshop
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Two and Three-Day Workshops and Seminars
Good-bye until next year!
Adiós hasta el próximo año!
Au revoir jusqu’à l’année prochaine!
Auf Wiedersehen bis zum nächsten Jahr!
Arrivederci al prossimo anno!
Vaarwel tot volgend jaar!
Tuesday, May 21
Wednesday, May 22
Thursday, May 23
Friday, May 24