R172. Editing the Poetry Book

Room 602/603, Washington State Convention Center, Level 6
Thursday, February 27, 2014
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm

 

Poetry editors from five leading publishing houses discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of editing books of poetry. Discussion topics will include: establishing and maintaining a mutually beneficial author-editor relationship, best practices for editing individual poems in the context of a full collection, editing a collection qua collection, and secondary but nonetheless crucial, considerations such as the choice of font and selection of cover art.


Participants

Moderator:

Dominic Luxford edited The McSweeney’s Book of Poets Picking Poets, and co-edited Open the Door: How to Excite Young People about Poetry. He edits poetry for the Believer magazine and is a founding editor of the McSweeney’s Poetry Series.

Kate Gale, managing editor Red Hen Press writes poetry, memoir, creative nonfiction, and librettos.

Jeff Shotts is executive editor at Graywolf Press, where he acquires and edits poetry, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and translation.

Joshua Edwards directs and co-edits Canarium Books. He is the author of two poetry collections, Imperial Nostalgias and Campeche, and the translator of Mexican poet Maria Baranda's Ficticia.

Jill Bialosky

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