The Poetry and Poetics of the 1980s

The National Poetry Foundation conference on The Poetry and Poetics of the 1980s begins this Wednesday, June 27.

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All events, with the exception of the Friday evening banquet, are free & open to the public.

We especially recommend the plenary panels at 4pm in DPC 100 and the evening readings & lectures at 8pm in Minsky, which feature some of the major writers and scholars of the period, including 2011 Bollingen Prize winner Susan Howe.

For more information on the National Poetry Foundation please visit their website at

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