Coach House at the AWP Chicago Conference
Coach House is attending the 2009 conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Chicago, February 12-14, and we promise more literary excitement than you can flash a badge at:
Stop by our table (#522) at any time to browse and our perennially fetching
Feb 13 — Nathalie Stephens (Touch to Affliction, Paper City) reads with authors from Litmus Press, Nightboat Books and Saturnalia Books during the AWP conference in Chicago. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. at Myopic Books (1564 North Milwaukee Ave).
Feb 14 — Don't miss the panel on new Canadian poetry, Across the 49th Parallel (Adam Sol, Sina Queyras, Alessandro Porco, Carolyn Smart, Chris Hutchinson). There's a lot more happening in Canadian poetry than Leonard Cohen and Anne Carson. From the formalist to the experimental, the expat to the immigrant, poets in Canada are writing dynamic work informed by what's happening around the world but with their own sly integrity. So why don't these names sound familiar to you? A reading and discussion with some hot younger poets from across the 49th Parallel.
Lake Erie Room
8th Floor
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Feb 14 — Catch Nathalie Stephens (Touch to Affliction, Paper City) on the panel, 'The Literary Universe: the Library in Poetry and the Imagination,' with Catherine Brown, Nancy Kuhl, Geoffrey O'Brien and Kevin Young. A diverse group of poets — whose occupations range from archivists and curators to editors and translators — consider the pivotal role of the library in literature, life and the larger culture. Each presenter brings a unique perspective to bear on the idea of the library, whether repositories of rare books, public reading rooms, or the sweeping stacks of the imagination. This panel is sponsored by Poets House, a 50,000 poetry library, which will open its permanent home in New York City in 2009.
Astoria Room
3rd Floor
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
Coach House at the AWP Conference
Thursday, February 12 - Saturday, February 14, 2009
Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL
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