[New-Poetry] "for post-MFA writers"

[Halvard Johnson]

Hey, for those of us literary types in NYC, that's just the kids on
the block teaching the toddlers how to splash about in somebody's
backyard wading pool without getting drownded or otherwise
dismembered.

Hal

"Theory, like mist on eyeglasses,
  obscures vision."
		--Charlie Chan

Halvard Johnson
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On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:13 PM, James Cervantes wrote:

> Filched this from "Notes from the Bell Tower, News from Gargoyle
> Magazine/Paycock Press and Richard Peabody" (found the brief
> description amusing):
>
> Literary Writers Conference. New York City
> NOVEMBER 2-4, 2006 A three-day conference for post-MFA writers of
> literature. Learn how to maneuver the marketplace and forge lasting
> relationships with editors, agents, and publishers.
> co-sponsored by CLMP and the New School graduate writing program,  
> plus others.
> REGISTER NOW TO REGISTER BY PHONE, PLEASE CALL 212.741.9110
> FEATURING: Harold Augenbraum (The National Book Foundation). Jill
> Bialosky (W.W. Norton). Karen Braziller (Persea Books). Alan Burdick.
> Jonathan Burnham (HarperCollins). Sarah Burnes (The Gernert Company).
> Robert N. Casper and Jeffrey Lependorf (Council of Literary Magazines
> and Presses). William Clark (Wm Clark Associates). Nicole Dewey,
> Alison Rich, and Bill Thomas (Doubleday). Paula Dietz (The Hudson
> Review). Morgan Entrekin (Grove/Atlantic). Barbara Epler (New
> Directions). Elliot Figman, Kevin Larimer, Jessie Koester, and Bonnie
> Marcus (Poets & Writers). Mindy Friddle. Jonathan Galassi and Lorin
> Stein (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Alex Glass (Trident Media). Alison
> Granucci (Blue Flower Arts). Beth Harrison (Spinning Jenny). Bob
> Hershon (Hanging Loose). Ron Hogan (Beatrice/Galleycat). Brigid Hughes
> (A Public Space). Tyehimba Jess. Wayne Koestenbaum. Jonathan Lethem.
> Herb Leibowitz (Parnassus: Poetry in Review). Fiona McCrae (Graywolf).
> Sarah McNally (McNally Robinson). Sonny Mehta (Knopf). Albert Mobilio
> (Bookforum). Rose Marie Morse (Morse Partners). Richard Nash (Soft
> Skull). Maud Newton (Maud Newton). Richard Parks (The Richard Parks
> Agency). Sara Nelson and Craig Teicher (Publishers Weekly). Robert
> Polito (New School Graduate Writing Program). David Rakoff. Martha
> Rhodes (Four Way Books). Robin Beth Schaer (Academy of American
> Poets). Margarita Shalina (St. Marks Bookshop). Ravi Shankar (Drunken
> Boat). Rachel Sherman. Ira Silverberg (Donadio & Olson). Irene
> Skolnick (Irene Skolnick Agency). Marcella Smith (Barnes & Noble). Nat
> Sobel and Judith Weber (Sobel Weber Associates). Christopher
> Sorrentino. Amanda Stern (Happy Ending Reading Series). Cole Swenson.
> Lea Thau (The Moth). Lynne Tillman. Hannah Tinti (One Story). Monique
> Truong. Jean Valentine. Paul Violi. Sarah Weinman
> (Galleycat/Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind). Michael C. White.
> Natasha Wimmer. Rebecca Wolff (Fence). Joanna Yas (Open City)
> http://www.clmp.org/lwc/
>
>
> -- Jim
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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