R169. CANCELLED: A Tribute to Monica A. Hand: Poet, Playwright, Mentor, Activist

E147-148, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28, 2019
10:30 am to 11:45 am

 

This panel was cancelled per organizer's request.


Participants

Moderator:

Aliki Barnstone is a poet, translator, critic, editor, and artist. Some of her recent books of poems are Dwelling, Bright Body, Dear God, Dear Dr. Heartbreak, and a translation of Cavafy. Among her awards are a Fulbright Fellowship in Greece and residencies at VCCA. She is poet laureate of Missouri.

Cornelius Eady was born in Rochester, NY in 1954, and is the author of eight poetry collections including Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, winner of the 1985 Lamont Prize, and Brutal Imagination. He holds the Miller Chair at the U of Missouri and is cofounder of Cave Canem.

Carey Salerno is the executive editor of Alice James Books. She is the editor, along with Anne Marie Macari, of the anthology Lit from Inside: 40 Years of Poetry from Alice James Books. Her first book, Shelter, was published by Alice James Books in 2009. You may find her poems in print and online.

Lauren K. Alleyne is an award-winning poet. She is the author of Difficult Fruit, and Honeyfish, and has published her work widely. She is Assistant Director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center and Associate Professor of English at James Madison University.

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