A
Three-Day Celebration of Poetry Featuring
thirteen poets associated with The Waywiser Press and its imprint Between The
Lines
Morri
Creech Erica
Dawson Jeffrey
Harrison Joseph
Harrison J Eric
McHenry J.D.
McClatchy Mary
Jo Salter W.
D. Snodgrass Mark
Strand Deborah
Warren Clive
Watkins Richard
Wilbur Greg
Williamson Emory
University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 2 - 4, 2008 Sponsored
by the Emory Libraries: The Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library; Emory's
Creative Writing Program; The Waywiser Press; with additional support from the
National Endowment for the Arts (USA). This
event is open to all. For conference registration and further information,
please
visit Emory University's website, by clicking here Program (Unless
otherwise indicated, all events will be held in the Joseph W. Jones Room, 3rd
Floor of the Robert Woodruff Library) Wednesday,
April 2nd 5:00 Welcome Opening
Remarks by Dana Gioia, Chairman
of the National Endowment for the Arts Reading
by W. D. Snodgrass, introduced by Philip Hoy, Managing Editor of Waywiser
(Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall) 6:15 Reception
and exhibition viewing of "Democratic Vistas: Exploring the Raymond Danowski
Poetry Library", curated by Kevin Young, Atticus Haygood Professor of
English and Creative Writing (Schatten Gallery, 3rd Floor, Robert W. Woodruff
Library) Thursday,
April 3rd 9:30 Coffee 10:00-11:00 Poetry
Reading by Deborah Warren and Clive Watkins 11:15-12:15 Mark
Strand in conversation with Joseph Harrison) 12:15 Lunch
(on your own) 1:30-2:30 Poetry
Readings by Jeffrey Harrison and Eric McHenry 2:45-3:45 W.
D. Snodgrass in conversation with Eric McHenry 3:45-4:15 Break 4:15-5:15 Poetry
Readings by J. D. McClatchy and Mary Jo Salter 6:00 Poetry
Reading by Mark Strand (Cannon
Chapel) Friday,
April 4th 9:30 Coffee
(Manuscript,
Archives, and Rare Book Library, Level 10, Robert W. Woodruff Libary) 10:00 Gallery
talk on Raymond Danowski Poetry Library and small group visits to the Manuscript,
Archives and Rare Book Library 11:00 Richard
Wilbur in conversation with Philip Hoy 12:00-1:30 Lunch
(on your own) 1:30-2:30 Poetry
Readings by Joseph Harrison and Greg Williamson 2:30-3:00 Break 3:00-4:00 Poetry
Readings by the 2005 and 2006 winners of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize: Morri
Creech and Erica Dawson, introduced by the judges of those competitions, J. D.
McClatchy and Mary Jo Salter 5:00 Poetry
Reading by Richard Wilbur (Schwartz
Center for Performing Arts) | 
