Thursday, October 11, 2001, University of Nebraska Press

233 N 8th Street in the Haymarket (across from The Mill)

2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. "Mishpokah" : A Poetry Reading on Jewish Family, History, and Identity
                                 Marilyn Kallet, Richard Chess, Robin Becker, Alice Friman

4:30 p.m.- 5:45 p.m. What are Poets for in a Difficult Time?
                                 Richard Jackson, Christopher Merrill, Marvin Bell, Lynn Levin, Maggie Paul, William Pitt Root

6:00 p.m.- 7:45 p.m. Commemorative Toast and Buffet Reception

8:00 p.m.                  The History of Prairie Schooner
                                Wimberly and His "Boys," Steve Shively
                                Karl Shapiro years, Robert Phillips 
                                Bernice Slote years, Robert Knoll, Glenna Luschei
                                Hugh Luke years, David Boles
                                Conclusion, Hilda Raz
 

Friday, October 12, 2001, Cornhusker Hotel

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Room 1
Poetry of Witness
John Gery
Roy Jacobstein
Biljana Obradovic

Room 2
Behind the Scenes at Literary Magazines
Marta Boswell,  Creating a Poetry Feature: Some Advice from an Editor and Poet 
Robert DeMott,  Back Door Magazine: An Episode in Fellowship 
Amy Fleury,  Kansas Magazine: The Life and Death of a Regional Literary Journal 

Room 3
Readings
Tim Skeen
Joel Peckham

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Room 1
Contemporary American Poetry: The State of the Art 
Jonathan Holden
Dionisio D. Mart nez
Reetika Vazirani

Room 2
Readings
Eileen Pollack
Janet Burroway

Room 3
Readings
Stephen K. Bauer
Carol Potter

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Room 1
Naming Names: Literary Journals and Lesbian Publishing
Robin Becker, Maureen Seaton, Lisa Verigin, Sandra Yannone

Room 2
Different Faces of Prairie Schooner
Wheeler Winston Dixon,  "The Poet of Despair: Jim Thompson"
Steve Schneider, "Prairie Schooner and the Nebraska Literary Community"
Elizabeth Goldring, "Poetics of Visual Language for People who are Blind or Visually Challenged"

Room 3
Readings
Jim Simmerman
G. K. Wuori

LUNCH BREAK READINGS
Room 4
Lunch will be served beginning at 12:15 p.m. in Room 4--Readings begin at 12:45
Dionisio D. Mart nez, accompanied by composer Randall Snyder on piano
Reetika Vazirani

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Room 1
Creative Writing Teaching Techniques
Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Storytelling in the Classroom"
Nancy Welch, "Disturbing Stories in Everyday Life" 
Tonya Marie Stremlau, "Teaching Creative Writing in a Minority Culture"

Room 2
Small and Fine Press Publishing
Glenna Luschei, "Small Press Publishing: You Will Be Heard"
Denise Brady and Marilyn Hacker, "Fine Press Publishing: Bradypress Presents New Poems by Marilyn Hacker"

Room 3
Readings
Greg Johnson 
Jerry Mirskin

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Room 1
Marilyn Hacker: Her Work and Influence
Mary Biggs, "Present, Infinitesimal, Infinite : Celebrating Life in the Feminist World of Marilyn Hacker s Poetry"
Julie Fay, "Letter poems to Marilyn Hacker"
Kathleene West, "With the Encouragement of Prairie Schoonerand the Inspiration of Marilyn Hacker"

Room 2
Literary Biography and the Art of Preservation
Judith Arcana, "Literary Biography as Writing Workshop"
Henry Hart, "James Dickey: The World as a Lie"
Mary Ellen Ducey, "A Future for the Past and Present: Donating and Caring for Papers and Manuscripts"

Room 3
Readings
Lee Martin
Jonathan Holden

4:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. DINNER BREAK

Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska
7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Daniel Siedell,  "The Visual Culture of Prairie Schooner: 1926-2001"

8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
A reading by Marilyn Hacker

RECEPTION   Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Great Hall
 

Saturday, October 13, 2001, Cornhusker Hotel

8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Room 1
Pedagogy Forum I
Moderator Janet Burroway

Room 2
Spies in the House of Words: Writers as Editors
Susan Aizenberg, Erin Belieu, James Reed, Brent Spencer, moderator Mary Helen Stefaniek

Room 3
Readings
Elaine Terranova
Jeanne Murray Walker

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Room 1
Joyce Carol Oates and Literary Tradition
Jacqueline Padgett, "The Communion of Pain: Sacramentality and Violence Against the Body in Joyce Carol Oates s Early Fiction"
Gordon O. Taylor, "Joyce Carol Oates and Literary Tradition: Cases in Point from Marriages and Infidelities"
Marilyn C. Wesley, "Why Can t Jesse Read?: Cognitive Neurology and Narrative in Joyce Carol Oates s Wonderland"

Room 2
Nebraska Literary Traditions
William Kloefkorn, Anna Monardo, A.B. Emrys
introduced by Charles Fort 

Room 3
Readings
Kate Myers Hanson
Judith Sornberger
Nancy McCabe 

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Room 1
Greg Johnson
"The Madness of Art: Writing the Biography of Joyce Carol Oates"

Room 2
Readings
Marvin Bell
Richard Jackson

Room 3
Readings
Sandra Meek
Paul Christensen
Harriet Zinnes 
 

LUNCH BREAK READING
Room 4
Lunch will be served beginning at 12:15 p.m. in Room 4--Readings begin at 12:45 p.m.
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Carole Simmons Oles

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Room 1
Joyce Carol Oates: A Spectrum
Monica Loeb, "La Spirale: Joyce Carol Oates's French Connection"
Robert Phillips, "The Poetry of Joyce Carol Oates"
Nancy Ann Watanabe, "Joyce Carol Oates's Seriocomedic Congratulatory Noh Play"

Room 2
Readings
Annie Finch
Susan Atefat Peckham

Room 3
Readings
Timothy Schaffert 
Trudy Lewis
Judith Skillman

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Room 1
Joyce Carol Oates's Blonde
Gavin Cologne-Brookes, "'Blondes in Black Tunnels': Joyce Carol Oates's Novels of Maturity from Black Water to Blonde"
Rick Oehling, "Tangled up in Blonde: Joyce Carol Oates and the Afterlife of Norma Jeane Baker"
Sharon Oard Warner, "Stranger than Fiction: Joyce Carol Oates's Use of Real-Life Figures in Blonde and Black Water"

Room 2
Pedagogy Forum II moderated by Robert Brooke

Room 3
Readings
Leslie Leyland Fields
Grace Schulman

Banquet Hall, Cornhusker Hotel

5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Music in the work of Willa Cather from Prairie Schooner
Vocal performance by Ariel Bybee
Narrative by James Ford

BANQUET
6:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Banquet toast

6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Banquet

Ballroom, Cornhusker Hotel

8:00 p.m.
A Reading by Joyce Carol Oates

RECEPTION AND BOOK SIGNING

For more information,
contact Kate Flaherty
Prairie Schooner
201 Andrews Hall
Lincoln NE  68588-0334
(402) 472-0495
schooner75th@aol.com