[Njcea] please post: Poetry colloquium Oct 19, 20, cfp

[Newell, Mary]

Please post:




Emergent Trends in Poetics: 

 

A Colloquium at Centenary College of New Jersey

 

October 19-20, 2009

 

Poet Mark Doty, winner of the National Book Award, is the 2009-2010 Gates Ferry Lecturer at Centenary College of New Jersey. He will read on Monday, October 19 at 8 pm and will be on campus on Tuesday, October 20 to participate in our Poetics Colloquium. The event is free and open to the public. You are welcome to attend and bring students or other guests. 

 

We invite poets and scholars from the tri-state area to propose a presentation or panel. If you would like to participate as a presenter, please send a brief proposal by September 15 to Mary Newell, newellm at centenarycollege.edu. Indicate your availability for morning or afternoon. 

 

We welcome a variety of topics related to contemporary poetry, including the following:

  Poetry of place; regionalism and/or multi-cultural trends

  Should poetry be Political?

  Sources for contemporary poetry 

  Poetic forms: the prose poem; performance poetry

  Intersections between poetry and other art forms 

                Publication options 

                How to build a writing / readership community   

 

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Provisional Schedule

 

Monday 8 pm -10 pm Reading by Mark Doty followed by reception and book signing 

 

Tuesday: Colloquium with discussions and workshops on writing and poetics 

                              

9:30 am - 11:30 am   Panel(s) and Workshop(s) 

                                    

11am                            break

 

11:30 am - 1:00 pm     Round table on contemporary poetry with conference presenters

                                    and Mark Doty as respondent (everyone invited)

 

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm        Lunch break

 

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm       Panel(s) and Workshop(s)                                 

 

4:00 pm                        break

 

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm       Open discussion with Mark Doty  

 

5:30 pm                        closing activity 

 

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For more information, contact Mary Newell at newellm at centenarycollege.edu

 
 
Mary Newell, Ph. D.
Director of Writing
Brotherton 102
Centenary College of New Jersey
400 Jefferson Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(908) 852-1400 ext. 2498
 
Faculty Sponsor of PRISM, the student creative writing journal, and 
Persona, the Student Writing Website
http://www.centenarycollege.edu/studentwriting