F271. CANCELLED: Small Press Book, Big Ideas

Status: Not Accepted

Room 217B, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
Friday, March 6, 2020
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm

 

What does success for a small press poetry book look like when most of the thousands published each year receive no critical attention? Is it possible for self-promotion to be more than a checklist of chores, maybe even something enjoyable? Five poets with recent collections from small and independent presses discuss creative and practical strategies for reframing publicity as a process of creative exploration, with the goal of increasing readership by embracing one’s literary community.


Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: Event_Outline.docx

Participants

Moderator:

Erin Hoover has worked as a teacher, editor, public relations director, and journalist. She is the author of Barnburner, winner of a Florida Book Award in Poetry. Hoover teaches creative writing at Hendrix College.

Julia Bouwsma is the author of two poetry collections, Midden and Work by Bloodlight. She serves as book review editor for Connotation Press: An Online Artifact and library director for Webster Library in Kingfield, Maine.

Marianne Chan is the author of All Heathens. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Cincinnati Review, Indiana Review, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She serves as poetry editor for Split Lip magazine.

Arisa White is a Cave Canem graduate fellow and the author of You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened. She collaborates with other artists to expand readership for poetry and to center the narratives of marginalized voices. White is an assistant professor of English at Colby College.

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