Tuesday, May 19
Wednesday, May 20
Thursday, May 21
Friday, May 22
Book Room (Solarium) Hours
Tuesday: 10:30 am–12:00 noon, 1:00 pm–5:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:00 am–11:45 am, 1:00 pm–5:00 pm
Thursday: 9:00 am–11:45 am, 1:00 pm–5:15 pm
Friday: 10:30 am–1:00 pm
Tuesday, May 19
10:30 a.m. Check-in
12:00-12:45 Lunch, [Dining Hall]
1:15-2:30
- Panel 1: Poetry as Service [Founders], Sandra Yannone, Chair, Barbara Fulton Jennes, Karen Warinsky, Joyce Wilson
- Panel 2: Participant Readings [Mitchell]
2:45-4:00
- Panel 3: Editing & Publishing: Taking a Book from Concept to Shelf [Mitchell], David Groff, Chair, Kai Coggin, Dustin Brookshire, Matt W. Miller
- Panel 4: Tribute to X. J. Kennedy [Founders], Melissa Balmain, Chair, Shannon Van Meter, Kathryn Weidener, Nicole Caruso Garcia, David M. Katz, Anna M. Evans, Susan McLean, Joyce Wilson
4:15-5:30
- Panel 5: A Celebration of Cave Canem [Founders], Allison Joseph, Chair, Antoinette Brim-Bell, Cornelius Eady
4:15-5:45 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Dustin Brookshire | Let Me Say This: Building an Anthology—A Generative Workshop [Stonycroft]
5:45-6:30 Reception [Seaside]
6:30-7:30 Dinner [Dining Hall]
7:45-9:15 Faculty Reading [Dempsey]: Melissa Balmain, Dustin Brookshire, Allison Joseph, Joshua Mehigan, Matt W. Miller, Clare Rossini
Wednesday, May 20
8:00-10:00 Coffee
9:00-10:15
- Panel 6: Participant Readings [Mitchell] Featuring Hilary Biehl (Book Award Winner) and Kai Coggin (Jon Tribble Editors Fellow)
9:00-10:30 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Nicole Caruso Garcia | Own the Room: Performance Skills for the Generous Reader [Stonycroft]
10:30-11:45
- Panel 7: Spotlight Readings [Dempsey]: Antoinette Brim-Bell, Joan Kwon Glass, Introduced by Clare Rossini |
12:00-12:45 Lunch
1:00-3:00 TWO- & Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: GROFF [Stonycroft], KATZ [Mitchell], MEHIGAN [SEASIDE].
3:15-4:30
- Panel 8: In Conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht [Dempsey] With Anna M. Evans
4:45-6:00
- Panel 9: New Books 1 [Founders] Angela Alaimo O’ Donnell, Chair, Ellery Capshaw, Claudia Gary, Sandra Yannone
- Panel 10: 250 Years of Poetic Form in America [Mitchell], Matt Miller, Chair, Chad Abushanab, Joan Kwon Glass, Kyle Potvin
5:45-6:30 Reception [Seaside]
6:30-8:00 Keynote Banquet [Dining Hall]
- Presentation to Contest Award Winners
8:15-9:45 Keynote Address and Reading: Cornelius Eady [Dempsey] Introduced by Allison Joseph
Thursday, May 21
8:00-10:00 Coffee
9:00-10:15
- Panel 11: Participant Readings [Founders] Featuring Steven Monte (Sonnet Crown Winner)
9:00-10:30 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Clare Rossini | Rethinking Your Writing Process: Writing Visceral Poetry [STONYCROFT]
10:30-11:45 Panel 12: Poetry by the Sea Lecture [Dempsey] Jennifer Michael Hecht, Introduced by Linda Stern
12:00-12:45 Lunch [Dining Hall]
1:00-3:00 TWO- & Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: ABUSHANAB [seascape lounge], BALMAIN [LIBRARY], GROFF [stonycroft], KATZ [mitchell], MEHIGAN [SEASIDE] , JOSEPH [SOUNDVIEW].
3:15-4:15
- Panel 13: In Conversation with Cornelius Eady [Dempsey] With Chad Abushanab
4:30-5:45
- Panel 14: New Books 2 [Founders] Susan McLean, Chair, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Charlotte Friedman, Srinivas Mandavilli, Joyce Wilson
- Panel 15: The Word: Etymology, Translation and Enchantment [Mitchell] Rick Mullin, Chair, Walter Ancarrow, Charles Martin, Clare Rossini
5:45-6:30 Reception [Seaside]
6:30-7:30 Dinner [Dining Hall]
7:45-9:15 Faculty Reading [Dempsey]: Chad Abushanab Anna M. Evans, Nicole Caruso Garcia, David Groff, Jennifer Michael Hecht, David M. Katz
Friday, May 22
8:00-10:00 Coffee
9:00-10:15
- Panel 16: Participant Reading [Founders] Featuring PbtS Board and Committee Members (Patricia Behrens, Linda Stern, Sandra Yannone) and Scholarship Recipients
9:00-10:30 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Matt Miller | Haunting & the Haunted: Finding & Honing the Poetry of Place | [Stonycroft]
10:45- 12:00
- Panel 17: Denise Levertov and the Music of Risk [Mitchell], David M. Katz, Chair. Seminar Participants: Patricia Behrens, Mia Grogan, Liz Lara, Dawn Manning, Wendy Sloan, Joyce Wilson
- Panel 18: Turning Anger into Poetry [Founders] Chad Abushanab, Chair, Anna M. Evans, Dawn Manning, Joshua Mehigan
12:00-1:00 Lunch [Dining Hall]
1:00-3:00 Two- and Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: ABUSHANAB [seascape lounge], BALMAIN [Library], Joseph [soundview], MEHIGAN [Seaside].
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!
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