Amanda Goldblatt sent this to me--Poetics of the Event Event

 Dear all, 

I wanted to formally invite you all to The Poetics of the Event Event on Thursday May 14th. There is a full schedule and registration form available HERE. 

This will be a full-day event — you're welcome to pop by or stay the whole time — with a range of wonderful poets and thinkers joining us to share their work, knowledge, and art. 

There will be an "UnRoundtable" with Daniel Borzutzky, Joss Barton, Ali Gali, Helene Achanzar, among a group of wonderful others; a special performance and workshop with Kay Gabriel; a community zine library and prompted-activity sponsored by the Workshop in Trans Studies; a fashion show poetry event organized by Kai Ihns and S. Yarberry. + MORE!!

There will be FREE food and drink throughout the day (breakfast/lunch/dinner).      

Registration is simple, and the RSVP-ing does really help with planning; however, it is not required (though, appreciated!!). 

Tell your friends, students, poets, colleagues, etc. 

In head & heart, 

S. 

The Poetics of the Event Event

Thursday May 14th

Northwestern University

Kaplan Seminar Room (Kresge 2351)  

10:00am - 6:30pm

Register: HERE.

What is the event of literature? From poetry readings to roundtables, book launches to broadsides, the literary arts have always been invested in bringing the page to the public. However, as much as literature itself has been, and continues to be, a site of experimentation and transformation, the structures of the events that are designed to hold them ("the poetry reading," "the panel," "the roundtable") have remained remarkably unchanged. How do we bring community interests and response back into the centerfold of the literary arts?

 

Poetics of the Event Event will invite publishers and printers, writers and scholars, artists and community organizers to consider how we might approach the literary event itself as imaginatively as we do the books, poems, novels, pamphlets that these events are meant to celebrate. 

You can see the full schedule and register for the entire day or individual sessions using the link HERE. The event is free and open to all. Please contact Smith at syarberry@u.northwestern.edu with any questions.

 

We hope you'll join us on Thursday May 14th for a day of events:

10:00am - 11:30am — Un-Roundtable: What is the Event of Literature? 

Joss Barton: "A BRIEF ORAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER AS FUCK POOL PARTY" 

Daniel Borzutzky: "Poetry and Its Publics and Its Publics For Which there are No Publics" 

Noa Michaela Fields: "LITERATURE'S EXHAUSTING: A LIVE CAPTIONING" 

James Garwood-Cole: "BOMBAST: Contemporary British Poetry, Shouting"  

& performance and response from Ali Gali, Helene Achanzar, and more. 

11:45am - 1:15pm — Special Event: Boredom, Ego, Ecstasy, Church with Kay Gabriel 

Join us for a performance and guided workshop with poet and organizer, Kay Gabriel. 

1:15pm - 2:30pm — Lunch 

2:30pm - 4:00pm — Commonplace: Zines, Ephemera, and Materializing The Event

The Workshop in Trans Studies will provide a crowdsourced Zine Library for symposium participants to peruse, featuring a mix of personal collections, community submissions, and special features from archives throughout Chicago (with an emphasis on Trans zine culture and history).

Hosted by Phoebe Pan, Annie Howard, River Ngu, and S. Yarberry. 

4:00pm - 5:00pm — Happy Hour 

5:00pm - 6:30pm — The Fashion Show Poetry Event

Organized by Kai Ihns and S. Yarberry as a reimagining of Hannah Weiner's 1969 Fashion Show Poetry Event, please join a wonderfully wacky group of writers and artists as they model wearable poems alongside a reading and performance of their work. Participants include: Stefania Gomez, Timothy Ashley Leo, Alyssa Moore, Kira Tucker, Katana Smith, Cean Gamalinda, Liza Yeager, Alex Cope, Brett Swenson, J. Kent, Jan Brugger, and many others. 

6:30pm — Community Dinner