Poetry and Truth: A Celebration of the Book
POETRY AND TRUTH:
A CELEBRATION
OF THE BOOK
Sponsored by the Missouri Center for the Book
and The Stephens College English/Creative Writing Department
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
The Celebration of the Book will take place on the Stephens College campus, Saturday, November 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Panels and poetry readings will be scheduled throughout the day, with a midday plenary session featuring Missouri Poet Laureate, Walter Bargen.
Poets who will read include Scott Cairns, Aliki Barnstone, Pamela McClure, Stanley Banks, Emily Rosko, Wayne Miller, and Gabriel Fried. A special panel on graphic fiction and memoir will feature two authors of graphic novels, Cullen Bunn and Matt Kindt. Other panels will focus on “Fact and Fiction” and “Getting Published” and the future of the book in the digital age.
Authors will have books available for sale and signing.
Parking will be available on the south side of Broadway, across from the entrance to the Columbia Foyer, where the registration will be located, and also in a lot on the south side of Walnut St. (one block from Broadway), next to the Stephens library.
Support for this Celebration comes from the Missouri Arts Council, and anonymous donors.
EVENTS SCHEDULED:
8:30-9:00 Check in, Columbia Foyer, Stephens College; refreshments available
PANELS READINGS
Charters Lecture Hall Davis Art Gallery
9:00-10:15 Pamela McClure
Gabriel Fried
10:30-11:45 “Fact and Fiction” Wayne Miller
Scott Phillips Emily Rosko
Steve Weinberg
Mark Tiedemann
11:45-12:30 Lunch Break
12:45-1:30 PLENARY SESSION—READING BY WALTER BARGEN,
POET LAUREATE OF MISSOURI
WINDSOR AUDITORIUM
1:45-3:00 “Getting Published” Aliki Barnstone
Patricia Berge, Scott Cairns
Virginia Brackett Kevin Prufer
3:15-4:30 “Really Big Comics” Stanley Banks
Graphic Fiction and Janet M. Banks
Memoir---
Matt Kindt, Cullen Bunn,
Stephanie Kartalopoulos