R280A. Is It Really That Difficult? The Problem with "Difficult" Poetry
Thursday, February 27, 2014
4:30 pm to 5:45 pm
Participants
Chris Fischbach is the publisher of Coffee House Press.
Lightsey Darst writes, dances, writes about dance and other arts, and teaches. Her books are Find the Girl and the forthcoming DANCE. Her poetry appears in Typo, Spork, and Diagram. Her criticism is online at mnartists.org, The Huffington Post, and Bookslut.
Amanda Nadelberg is the author of Bright Brave Phenomena, Isa the Truck Named Isadore, and a chapbook, Building Castles in Spain, Getting Married.
Raymond McDaniel is the author of Murder, a National Poetry Series selection; Saltwater Empire; and Special Powers and Abilities. A staff writer for The Constant Critic, he teaches at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Ange Mlinko is the author of four books of poetry, including Starred Wire, a National Poetry Series pick. Recipient of the Randall Jarrell Award from the Poetry Foundation for her criticism, she is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.