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[Newell, Mary]

New Century Poetics: 

A Poetry Colloquium at Centenary College of New Jersey

 

featuring 

 

MARK DOTY 

 

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 participate in our Poetics Colloquium on Tuesday, October 20. The colloquium will offer workshops and panels for a wide range of participants, including educators, students, and the general public. 

 

These events are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Please pre-register  by calling Tina Tang at  (908) 852-1400, ext. 2113 or tangh at centenarycollege.edu. 

Please indicate which workshops and panels you plan to attend at 9:30 and 2:30. 

 

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Schedule 

 

Monday 8 pm -10 pm Reading by Mark Doty with interview by Jared Harel, 

                                                            followed by reception and book signing 

 

Tuesday: Full Day Colloquium with discussions and workshops on writing and poetics 

 

9:00 - 9:20       Receive colloquium materials; sign in - Seay building 

 

9:30 am - 11:30 am      Workshops and Panels 

 

            Workshops: 

                        Writing with Material Metaphors with Robert Carnevale, poet and poetics instructor.  

 

                        Blues Poetics: from Lyrics to Verse with Jared Harel, poet and Centenary College poety isntructor 

           Panels: 

                     The Art of Poetry and the Poetry of Art: Ekphrasis in the Contemporary Poem 

Burt Kimmelman, NJIT, poet and scholar 

Basil King, poet and artist 

Corinne Robins, Pratt Institute, poet and art historian 

Michael Heller, poet and writer

Mark Lamoureux, CUNY, poet and publisher of Cy Gist Press 

Therese Halscheid, poet and writer 

 

                      Roundtable on Poetry Resources and Publication  

                      Peter Murphy, local poetry organizer and poet 

Melissa Hotchkiss,  co-editor of Barrow Street, teacher, poet

Laura McCullough, Brookdale CC

Ken Ronkowitz, Passaic County CC - online publishing 

Mark Tursi,  editor of Double Room, publisher of Apostrophe Books

 

11:30 am          Break in Seay Front Parlours 

 

11:45 am - 1:00 pm     Round Table with MARK DOTY: Poetry's Role in Contemporary Culture 

                                                            moderated by Mary Newell, Director of Writing at Centenary College and 

                                                                        conference organizer 

                         

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm        Lunch on your own (See dining options in program.) 

 

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm       Workshops and Panels 

 

            Workshops 

		Practicing Poetry, a writing workshop with Sally Dawidoff, NY poet and teacher. This workshop is for beginners as well as practiced writers seeking a fresh start.

		How to Read a Poem with Laura McCullough, Brookdale CC.  Learn skills for interpreting poetry with examples from contemporary writers.

            Panels    

                     Poetics of Place: New Jersey, the West, and Other Habitats of the Mind

Angela Elliott, Centenary College professor and Poet-in-Residence

Betsy Andrews, poet

Marcella Durand, poet 

Adele Kenny, poet

Madeline Tiger, poet

BJ Ward, poet, Warren County CC faculty

 

                  Experimenting with Forms 

                  Lorna Blake, poet, teacher, and editor 

                  Laura Hinton, Mourning and Multi-Media Poetics 

		Melissa Hotchkiss, co-editor of Barrow Street, teacher, poet 

                    Kristin Prevallet, poet, Institute for Writing Studies, St John's University

                                                                                    "We Sit Like Hot Stones: The Performance of Mourning"

                      Mark Tursi, editor of Double Room (prose poem journal), publisher of Apostrophe Books

Tiffanie Yanique, Drew University, Asst. Professor of Creative Writing and

                                                          Literature; prose poetry; performance

                        

                     Poetry and Translation: Bridging the Discontinuities 

Ed Foster, editor of Talisman, co-editor of Contemporary Turkish Studies,      poet, essayist

Carlos Hernandez Peña, bi-lingual writer, editor, and reading series organizer  

Ravi Shankar, poet, Assoc. Professor, editor of Drunkenboat.com and a Norton 

   anthology of Asian and Middle Eastern poetry 

Paul Sohar, poet, translator of Hungarian poetry     

Mark Weiss, poet and translator 

 

 

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm       Open discussion with MARK DOTY in the Seay Front Parlours    

 

6:30                 Readings by participant poets 

 

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Centenary College, 400 Jefferson Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840    (908) 852-1400

Colloquium Program details forthcoming at 

<http://www.centenarycollege.edu/cms/en/about/public-events-calendar/>

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Thank you.

 

 
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