A showcase reading reflecting the range of poets and publishers across the aesthetic spectrum.

Give a volume of verse to someone you love...including yourself! We are pleased to offer for sale thousands of duplicate poetry books, new releases as well as antiques, from Sappho to Sapphire. The prices will be unbeatable and all proceeds will benefit our permanent collection.

Give a volume of verse to someone you love...including yourself! We are pleased to offer for sale thousands of duplicate poetry books, new releases as well as antiques, from Sappho to Sapphire. The prices will be unbeatable and all proceeds will benefit our permanent collection.

From Helicon to silicon, the poetry of the Western world is always in transition. This two-session, hands-on workshop includes the chance to browse a poetry manuscript created in hypertext and a discussion of aesthetic issues raised by electronic text.

From Helicon to silicon, the poetry of the Western world is always in transition. This two-session, hands-on workshop includes the chance to browse a poetry manuscript created in hypertext and a discussion of aesthetic issues raised by electronic text.

Tim Dlugos, recognized as one of the finest post-New York School poets to be published in the 1970s and 1980s, died of AIDS as he was writing his strongest work--poems about the disease itself. An evening of Dlugos' poetry as well as a testament to the the act of love literary executors perform and they difficulties they encounter when compiling manuscripts for posthumous publication.

What does the current trend of poets writing memoirs say about this moment in publishing? Where do poetry and memoir intersect and where do they diverge? What part does each genre play in building the story of a life? A discussion featuring David Mura, Michael Klein and other poet memoirists.

Finding a publisher is only part of finding an audience for a book of poetry. This "how-to" seminar brings together a poet, a publisher and a publicist to discuss marketing strategies for new books, the concrete issues of distribution, and the poet's role and responsibility in building audiences.

Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of Copper Canyon Press and the release of the Gift of Tongues, a new anthology chronicling one of the finest poetry presses in the nation. Editor Sam Hamill will introduce readings by Heather Allen, Erin Belieu, Stephen Berg, Timothy Liu, Jane Miller, Karen Swenson, Elaine Terranova.