Mark Your Calendars!
The 22nd Annual
West Chester University Poetry Conference
June 7—10, 2017
Sam Gwynn, Program Director
Ann Mascherino, Business Manager
Luke Bauerlein, Senior Intern
Luke Stromberg, Senior Intern
Room Assignments
All panels and faculty readings in Ware Recital Hall, Swope Performing Arts Center –
Room 100
Advisory Board
Keynote address and concert in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theater, Swope
Performing Arts Center
The West Chester University Poetry Center Advisory Board supports the overall
Workshops and Seminars in Swope Performing Arts Center
objectives of the West Chester University Poetry Center, including the Iris N.
Spencer Poetry Awards, through promotional and fund raising activities. The
The Documentary Method with Tony Barnstone – Room 204
Board is composed of members/advocates of the arts community, University
The Iambic Line with William Logan – Room 210
alumni, and local and national business and civic leaders.
The Contemporary Sonnet with Dick Davis – Room 307
Current Advisory Board Members:
Narrative Poetry with Mark Jarman – Room 220 (meets in #345 on Saturday)
Lorna Knowles Blake
Master Class with Shirley Geok-lin Lim – Room 304
Dana Gioia
Rhyme and Reason with John Whitworth – Room 303
Darcie Goldberg
Casting Calls with Caki Wilkinson – Room 208
Lester Lennon
Light Verse and Parody with Melissa Balmain, Pat Myers, Frank Osen – Room 310
Muriel McDaniel
If the Form Fits …. with Sarah Cortez – Room 311
David Rothman
One Day Workshops:
Timothy Murphy on Thursday, Dana Gioia on Friday, and Alfred Corn
on Saturday – Room 204 (preregistration and additional fee required)
Kean Spencer
Kyle Spencer
Bookstore: Room 141
Coffee at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday - Room 320
Lounge area open for socializing, breaks, etc.
There is a break area with vending machines and microwave on the 2nd floor.
The Poetry House will be open 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and 10 – midnight
(except Saturday evening).
All meals and receptions are at the University Foundation Building, 202 Carter Drive.
Alcohol may only be consumed at the Foundation Building due to University
regulations.
All events and times are subject to change.
Faculty Advisory Committee
The Faculty Advisory Committee’s purpose is to support the mission of the WCU
Poetry Center, as articulated in its founding NEH endowment grant: "to create an environment in which humanities and arts are integrated, and focused on the broader
implications of Poetry".
Current Faculty Advisory Committee Members:
Kristine Ervin, English
Gabrielle Halko, English
Useful numbers:
Luke Stromberg 215-764-9958
Luke Bauerlein 610-804-3795
Sam Gwynn 409-350-9602
Ann Mascherino 484-364-6062
Poetry House: 610-436-3235
Allegheny Hall Desk: 610-430-4040
Rainbow Cab 610-696-6060
University Public Safety: 610-436-3311
Len Kelly, Theater
Ruth Porritt, Philosophy
LuAnn Smith, English
Van Stiefel, Music
SATURDAY JUNE 11, 2016
7:45 am.—Continental Breakfast in Room 320 for dorm residents only
8:15-9:30 am PANEL 14 | Forms of Repetition
Chair: Susan McLean
Michael Cantor
Julie Kane
Ed Shacklee
J.D. Smith
WEDNESDAY JUNE 8, 2016
8:00 am-5:00 pm REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN
Lobby, Swope Music Building
8:15-9:45 am PANEL 1 | Program Director’s Forum
Coffee and Q & A with Sam Gwynn
Poetry House (823 South High Street)
10:00-11:30 am PANEL 2 | First Books
9:30—Coffee in Room 320
10:00-11:30 am PANEL 15 | Robert Conquest and New Lines
Chair: Sam Gwynn
Chair: W. F. Lantry
James Wilson Jan D. Hodge
Wendy Sloan
Midge Goldberg
Dick Davis
Cynthia Haven
11:45 am-12:45 pm—Lunch-WCU Foundation Building
John Whitworth
Elizabeth Conquest
1:00pm-2:30 pm PANEL 3 |Formal Friendly Editors
11:45 am-12:45 pm LUNCH—WCU Foundation Building
Chair: Gerry Cambridge, The Dark Horse
Paula Deitz, The Hudson Review
Quincy Lehr, The Raintown Review
Lane Young, Calamaro
1:00-3:00 pm WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
2:45-4:00 pm PANEL 4 | Whitworth at Seventy
3:15-4:15 pm PANEL 16 | Readings by Resident Poets
Chair: Jayne Osborn
Chair: Ernest Hilbert
Walter Ancarrow
Rebecca Foust
Juliana Gray
4:15-5:30 pm PANEL 5 |Awards Readings
George Green
Quincy Lehr
Iris N. Spencer Award, Rachel Ann Girty. Abigail Wang, 2nd place
10:00–11:30 am ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Rhyme and Rorshach
Alfred Corn
preregistration required
John Whitworth
3:15-4:15 pm PARTICIPANT READINGS
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award, Ian Peck. Josephine Carino, 2nd place
Poetry House
Rhina P. Espaillat Award, Jeanna Matthews
4:30-5:30 pm PANEL 17 | In Memoriam, Kate Light
Wil Mills Fellowship, Debra Wierenga
Chairs: Charles Martin and Suzanne Noguere
Donald Justice Award, Pat Valdata
Gerry Cambridge
Donald Justice Award, Jeff Hardin
Johanna Keller
Wendy Sloan
5:45- 7:15 pm FACULTY BOOK SIGNING—WCU Foundation Building
5:30-6:15 pm RECEPTION—WCU Foundation Building
SOCIAL HOUR AND PICNIC
Sponsored by Dr. Timothy Blair, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities
7:30-9:00 pm CONCERT | Iris Dement
Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, Swope Performing Arts Building
6:15-7:45 pm BANQUET
8:00-9:00 pm KEYNOTE READING - Sir Andrew Motion
Madeleine Wing Adler Theater
Introduction, Sam Gwynn
10:00 pm-midnight OPEN HOUSE AND JAM SESSION—Poetry House
THURSDAY JUNE 9, 2016
FRIDAY JUNE 10, 2016
8:15-9:30 am PANEL 6 | Form and the Politics of Race
8:15-9:30 am PANEL 10 | The House of Frost
Chair: Alexander Long
Chair: Robert Crawford
Sarah Cortez
Bernard Hill
Leslie Monsour
Quincy Lehr
Jess Smith
9:30—Coffee in Room 320
Timothy Murphy
Maudelle Driskell
9:30—Coffeee in Room 320
10:00-11:30 am PANEL 11 | The Wilbur Biography
10:00-11:30 am PANEL 7 | Town Meeting with Andrew Motion
Chair: Sam Gwynn
Chair: Dana Gioia
Robert and Mary Bagg
10:00-11:30 am ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Short-line Verse
10:00-11:30 am ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | The Free Verse Line
Timothy Murphy
Dana Gioia
preregistration required
preregistration required
11:45 am-12:45 pm LUNCH—WCU Foundation Building
11:45 am-1 2 :45 pm LUNCH—WCU Foundation Building
1:00- 3:00 pm WORKSHOPS AND CRITICAL SEMINARS
1:00-3:00 pm WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
3:15- 4:30 pm PANEL 8 | Conjugal Poets
3:15-4:30 pm PANEL 12 | The Sonnet in 2016
Chairs: Chelsea Rathburn and Jim May
Chair: Claudia Gary
Ned Balbo and Jane Satterfield
Robert Crawford
D. R. Goodman
Robert Crawford and Midge Goldberg
Julie Kane
Susan McLean
3:15-4:30 pm PARTICIPANT READINGS
3:15-4:30 pm PARTICIPANT READINGS
Poetry House
Poetry House
4:30- 5:45 pm PANEL 9 | Great Debates I: Poetry or Verse?
4:30-5:45 pm PANEL 13 | Syllabic Abacus
Robert Archambeau, Lake Forest College
Chair: Susan de Sola
James Wilson, Villanova University
Panel of Distinguished Mystery Judges
6:00-7:45 pm RECEPTION and DINNER—WCU Foundation Building
Reception sponsored by Dr. Timothy Blair,
Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities
8:00-9:30 pm FACULTY READINGS—Ware Recital Hall, Swope Music Building
Dana Gioia
William Logan
Timothy Murphy
Melissa Balmain
Sarah Cortez
Julie Kane
10:00 pm- midnight OPEN HOUSE AND JAM SESSION
Poetry House
Marty Steyer
Dick Davis
Tony Barnstone
Alfred Corn
Dick Davis
Grace Schulman
6:00-7:45 pm RECEPTION and DINNER—WCU Foundation Building
Reception sponsored by Dr. Timothy Blair,
Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities
8:00-9:30 pm FACULTY READINGS—Ware Recital Hall, Swope Music Building
Tony Barnstone
Shirley Geok-lin Lim
John Whitworth
Caki Wilkinson
Alfred Corn
10:00 pm-midnight OPEN HOUSE AND JAM SESSION
Poetry House