1:00pm-2:00pm Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman

3:00pm-4:00pm Francisco X Alarcon and Jane Hirshfield

1:00pm-2:00pm Gary Soto and Clarence Major

3:00pm-4:00pm Sterling Plumpp and Timothy Liu

1:00pm-2:00pm Thom Gunn and Carolyn Kizer

3:00pm-4:00pm Carol Muske and Quincy Troupe

All art forms serve both to express and to transgress cultural values––to articulate and to challenge the ideas that shape a society.

How does the poet’s sense of responsibility to history and community interact with personal vision? What does poetry tell us that the history books can’t?

Editor and publisher Allan Kornblum leads a discussion on the publication process.

As National Poetry Month demonstrates, the last few years have radically changed the perception of poetry as a popular art. What are the implications for publishing, distribution and marketing?

Showcase on View in Washington DC June 27- 30