I'm forwarding this for Burton Hatlen. Hope to see some of the Pound List
members at the conference. best, Sylvester
 
Deadline Extended!
 
The Opening of the Field: A Conference on
North American Poetry in the 1960s
University of Maine
Orono, Maine
June 28-July 2, 2000
 
The National Poetry Foundation invites paper and panel proposals for a
conference on North American poetry of the 1960s. Proposals are welcome
on writers of previous generations whose literary careers extended into
the 1960s, such as Louis Zukofsky, George Oppen, Robert Lowell, Charles
Olson, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth Bishop, Lorine Niedecker, etc.; on poets
or literary movements that climaxed in the 1960s, including the Beat,
Black Mountain, San Francisco Renaissance, and New York schools; on
women poets and poets of color, who achieved a broader visibility
during this decade; and on new literary moments that began to define
themselves in this period, such as the ethnopoetic movement and
language-centered writing. Papers are also invited on the general
cultural background of the period, including such themes as the
tensions between "academic" poetry and various attempts to bring poetry
into the lives of people "in the streets"; the relationship of poetry
and popular culture, including rock music; and the role of poetry in
the anti-war movement. As the title of the conference suggests, we
invite proposals on Canadian as well as on American poetry in the 1960s.
 
The conference will begin on Wednesday evening, June 28, and will
conclude shortly after noon on Sunday, July 2. Accommodations will be
available at a reasonable rate in university residence halls.
Registration will be $85, with a reduced rate of $60 for graduate
students.
 
Confirmed participants as of February 1, 2000, include Marjorie
Perloff, Albert Gelpi, Charles Altieri, Michael Davidson, Joan
Retallack, Frank Davey, Lorenzo Thomas, Rosmarie Waldrop, Keith
Waldrop, Ann Charters, Joseph Conte, Keith Tuma, Mark Scroggins, Maria
Damon, Alan Golding, Barrett Watten, Lynn Keller, Peter Middleton, Ron
Silliman, Kathleen Fraser, George Bowering, Aldon Nielsen, Michael
Heller, Jane Augustine, Theodore Enslin, and many others..
 
Send one-page abstracts before March 15, 2000, to
                                Burton Hatlen, Director,
                                National Poetry Foundation
                                Room 304, 5752 Neville Hall,
                                University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5752
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