Category Archives: Conferences and Talks

The New York School, and more, in Louisville

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Andrew Epstein

  I’ve just gotten back from the very fun and stimulating Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900 (directed by the esteemed poetry scholar Alan Golding) which, this year at least, amply demonstrated that scholarly work devoted to the poets of the New York School … Continue reading →

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Alice Notley Symposium: Alette in Oakland

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

This weekend, the Bay Area Public School is hosting a big symposium on the work of Alice Notley in Oakland, California.  The event features a great line-up of readers and speakers, including Notley herself, a keynote talk by Eileen Myles, … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Bernadette Mayer Events: New York and the Czech Republic

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

  There are a couple of exciting events coming up featuring Bernadette Mayer, both in New York.  First, this Friday, October 17, at the Poetry Project at St. Marks, there will be a 25th anniversary celebration of the terrific small press Tender Buttons, which … Continue reading →

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“The New York School Society” Panels at the American Literature Association conference

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

Each year at the American Literature Association’s annual conference, “The New York School Society” hosts a panel or two devoted to recent scholarship on the topic of the New York School.  I always find it interesting to see what’s on offer, as … Continue reading →

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Angela Ball’s course on “The New York School Diaspora” and the South — Symposium in May 2014

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Andrew Epstein

The poet Angela Ball is guest-blogging this week on the Best American Poetry blog, and she’s been posting about a graduate class she’s teaching this semester at the University of Southern Mississippi on the New York School Poets.  Since I’m … Continue reading →

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“Nomadic Travels and Travails”: Conference on Alice Notley and Pierre Joris in Belgium

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

    There’s an upcoming conference being held in Belgium in November 2013 on the work of two very interesting poets, Alice Notley and Pierre Joris, and issues of nomadism, hybridity, translation, and transnationalism.  The title of the seminar is “Moving Back … Continue reading →

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Upcoming conference: “Amiri Baraka at 80” (CFP)

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

In 2014, in honor of his 80th birthday, there will be a conference devoted to “Amiri Baraka at 80” held in England.  One entry on the list of possible topics may be of particular interest here — “Jones/Baraka and the … Continue reading →

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“Letters of the New York School,” panel at the American Literature Association conference, Boston (May 25, 2013)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Andrew Epstein

If you’re interested to see the kind of scholarly work being done on poets of the New York School lately, check out the panel that the “New York School Society” hosted at this year’s American Literature Association Conference in Boston … Continue reading →

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