[Njcea] Poetry colloquium October 19 and 20, cfp

[Newell, Mary]

Emergent Trends in Poetics

 

A Colloquium at Centenary College of New Jersey

 

October 19-20, 2009

 

Mark Doty, winner of the National Book Award, is the 2009-2010 Gates Ferry Lecturer at Centenary College of New Jersey. He will read his poetry 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 panel or round table. 

If you would like to participate as a presenter, please send a one-page proposal on a topic related to contemporary poetry by September 15. We welcome a variety of topics, 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

                      

Provisional Schedule

 

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

 

Tuesday: Colloquium with critical appraisals of contemporary poetry 

                        and workshops on writing and poetics 

                              

9:30 am - 11:30 am   Panel(s) and Workshop(s) on topics such as:  

                                    How to understand a poem

                                    Poetry writing for beginners

                                    What about meter? 

                                    Poetic forms: prose poetry, etc.

 

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) on topics such as:

                                    Publication 

                                    How to build a writing community   

 

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