1996: 1st annual National Poetry Month

How to Submit Manuscripts and Work with an Editor

Reginald Gibbons, TriQuarterly
Cynthia Shearer, University of Mississippi
Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi

Union Ballroom

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

From Author to Reader

John Berendt
Padgett Powell
Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi

Union Ballroom

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch (On Your Own)

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Welcome

Robert C. Khayat, University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Robert Penn Warren: "It was poetry or death"

Joseph Blotner, University of Michigan

Education Auditorium

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Go, Little Book: Getting a Book to Readers

Barry Hannah, University of Mississippi
Leigh Feldman, Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agency
Dan Frank, Pantheon Books
Judy Long, Old Black Dog Bookstore (Athens, GA)
Cynthia Shearer, University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Cocktail Buffet (Black Tie Optional)

Conference Attendees

City Grocery (Oxford, MS)

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Readings and Remarks

Padgett Powell
Cynthia Shearer, University of Mississippi

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Publishing Poetry

Aleda Shirley, University of Mississippi
Reginald Gibbons, TriQuarterly
Robert von Hallberg, University of Chicago

Education Auditorium

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Literature and the People

Andrew P. Mullins Jr., University of Mississippi
William F. Winter

Education Auditorium

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch (On Your Own)

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Books for Young Readers

Elaine H. Scott, Arkansas Board of Education
Stella Pevsner

Education Auditorium

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Students and the Contemporary Culture of Reading

Richard Howorth, Square Books (Oxford, MS)
Nancy Bercaw, University of Mississippi
Anna Cremaldi
Jay Langdale, University of Mississippi
Lewis Nordan

Education Auditorium

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Hazards of the Book Craft in the Age of Wizardry

John Egerton

Education Auditorium

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Readings

Lewis Nordan
Bailey White

Education Auditorium

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Literary Intellectuals Driving Into the Millennium

Robert von Hallberg, University of Chicago

Education Auditorium

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Readings

Edwidge Danticat
Reginald Gibbons, TriQuarterly

Education Auditorium

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Lunch (On Your Own)

Conference Attendees

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Fishing in the Air: A Writer's Journeys

Sharon Creech

Education Auditorium

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Broad Daylight in the Garden of American Publishing

Avin Mark Domnitz, American Booksellers Association
John Berendt

Education Auditorium

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Jambalaya and Musical Finale (Blue Jeans)

Conference Attendees

The Gin (Oxford, MS)

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM