lightning + lightning bugs

"The difference between
the almost right word
& the right word is
really a large matter--
it's the difference
between the lightning bug
and the lightning."
-- Mark Twain

Musings from a
literary agent.

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MISERERE: AN AUTUMN TALE
debuted July 1, 2011!
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For Poetry Lovers in NYC

I’ll be attending all of the events on Friday, for anyone who wishes to join me and the wonderful collection of our artistic colleagues, this Thursday and/or Friday.

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Thursday, December 1 & Friday, December 2, 2011

Visions Coinciding: An Elizabeth Bishop Centennial Conference

Co-organized by the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study and the Poetry Society of America, with support from the NYU Humanities Initiative.

All events are free and open to the public. RSVP suggested.

For more information, visit: www.gallatin.nyu.edu

RSVP and questions, contact mollykleiman@nyu.edu

Location:

Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study
1 Washington Place, corner of Broadway
NYC, 10003

***THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011***

6pm – 6:45pm

Seeing Elizabeth Bishop
A slideshow and talk exploring rarely seen images of Elizabeth Bishop.
Eric Karpeles

7pm – 8:30pm

Bishop in Brazil
A screening of footage from Helena Blaker’s forthcoming documentary on Bishop’s years in Brazil, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and scholars.
Helena Blaker, Brett Millier, Barbara Page and Lloyd Schwartz
Moderated by Alice Quinn

8:30pm

Refreshments

***FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011***

1pm – 2:30pm

Elizabeth Bishop and Modern Art

Two interdisciplinary lectures and a discussion.
Peggy Samuels, “A Fascination with Kurt Schwitters: Bishop Reimagines her Poetics”
William Benton, “A Place in Art”
Moderated by Lisa Goldfarb

30-minute break

3pm – 4:30pm
Editors’ Roundtable
A discussion with the editors of recent collections of Bishop’s poetry, prose and correspondence.
Joelle Biele, Saskia Hamilton, Lloyd Schwartz and Thomas Travisano
Moderated by Jonathan Galassi

30-minute break

5pm – 6pm
Student Reading
Selected students will each read a poem by Elizabeth Bishop and their poems written in response.
Jacqueline Allen, Emma Behnke, Stephanie Rodas and Luke Vargas
Introductions by Scott Hightower and Emily Fragos

30-minute break

6:30pm – 8pm
Celebratory Reading
Participating poets read and discuss poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Frank Bidart, John L Koethe, Yusef Komunyakaa, Maureen McLane, Mark Strand, and Jean Valentine