Poetry in 1960

Monday 6th December, 11pm GMT (6pm EST)

The Writers House celebrates what happened in poetry a half century ago with a symposium entitled Poetry in 1960. Symposium host and Writers House faculty director Al Filreis brings together eleven poets each to discuss a seminal work from that pivotal year - work by Frank O’Hara, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Cage, Barbara Guest, Larry Eigner, and Jackson Mac Low.

Featuring:

• Charles Bernstein
• Rachel Blau DuPlessis
• Chris Funkhouser
• Michael S. Hennessey
• Kristen Gallagher
• Judith Goldman
• Erica Kaufman
• Mel Nichols
• Bob Perelman
• Ron Silliman
• Danny Snelson

Hosted by Al Filreis.

Watch the event live online.

Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Admission is free

post_moot

Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th April

a convocation of unorthodox poetic and cultural practices

featuring an array of cutting edge diversity in respect of poetry and performances of poetry; papers, live writing, poets theater, sound art, talk-based poetics, extended vocal performance, physical theater and digital text collaboration, polylingualism, lyric meditations, translation, poetry readings, writing interventions, sound poetry, visual poetry, eco-poetics, text-based installation, bookateria, late night readings, multimedia and a lot more besides that.

• Maria Auxiliadora Alvarez
• Stan Apps
• Oana Avasilichioaei
• Mike Basinski
• Holly Bass
• John M. Bennett
• Black Took Collective
• Sean Bonney
• Tammy Brown
• Mairéad Byrne
• Shá Cage
• cris cheek
• Daniel Citro
• A.M.J. Crawford
• Jordan Dalton
• Maria Damon
• Ian Davidson
• Ryan Downey
• Alan Golding
• K. Lorraine Graham
• Duriel Harris
• Carla Harryman
• Jeff Hilson
• Jen Hofer
• Josef Horacek
• William R. Howe
• Jade Hudson
• Christine Hume
• Peter Jaeger
• Mark Jeffery
• Bonnie Jones
• Pierre Joris
• KBD Sound Collective
• Adeena Karasick 
• Brian Kincaid
• A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz
• Jose Luna
• Dawn Lundy-Martin
• Mel Nichols
• Hoa Nguyen
• Chris Mann
• Monica Mody
• K. Silem Mohammad
• Laura Moriarty
• Judd Morrissey
• Erin Mouré
• Jason Nelson
• Mel Nichols
• Tom Orange 
• Jessica Ponto
• Luke Roberts
• Jaime Robles
• Ric Royer
• Linda Russo
• Lisa Samuels
• Standard Schaefer
• Jonathan Skinner
• Danny Snelson
• Todd Seabrook
• Jessica Smith
• Rod Smith
• Kate Sopko
• Rodrigo Toscano
• Lawrence Upton
• Chris Vitiello
• Catherine Wagner
• Mark Wallace
• Dana Ward
• Barrett Watten
• Brian Whitener
• Steve Willey
• Tyrone Williams
• Ronaldo Wilson

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

For further information on registration and accommodation point your browser here.

the post _ moot collective are Maria Auxiliadora Alvarez, Tammy Brown, cris cheek, WIlliam R. Howe, Cathy Wagner