Saint Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, NYC

A One-Day Conference

at

St. Francis College

180 Remsen Street

Brooklyn, New York

April 5, 2008

 

Decades after feminist critics began considering women’s poetry as a genre separate from poetry written by men, the debate continues as to whether we should study poetry according to the gender of the writer.

 

This conference will explore the question “Why Study Women’s Poetry?” by examining (even problematizing) the ways in which women’s poetry has been studied as a genre separate from men’s poetry. Click here to download registration form.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mary Ann Caws
Distinguished Professor of English, French and Comparative Literature

Graduate Center, City University of New York

Author of Surprised in Translation and Glorious Eccentrics: Modernist Women Painting and Writing

PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Meena Alexander
Distinguished Professor of English and Women’s Studies

Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Author of Quickly Changing River and Fault Lines 

Marilyn Hacker
Professor of English

City College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Author of Essays on Departure: New and Selected Poems and Desesperanto

 

Alicia Ostriker

Professor Emerita

Rutgers University
Author of Stealing the Language and No Heaven

POETRY READING:

Baruch College, City University of New York
Author of The Broken String and Days of Wonder: New and Collected Poem

 

Registration deadline is March 31, 2008. Members of the St. Francis community may attend the conference without charge (this includes students).  The registration fee for all others is $30.00. Click here to download registration form. This includes morning coffee, lunch and the evening wine and cheese reception. Click here to download conference program.

Conference Organized and Chair:          Wendy Galgan

                                                                Lecturer, Department of English

                                                                wgalgan@stfranciscollege.edu

                                                                 718-489-3441

 

Conference Coordinator:

                                                                Vanessa De Almeida

                                                                Assistant Director, Alumni Affairs

 

Sponsored by: Department of English Office of the Academic Dean Women’s Studies Center Women’s Studies Minor of St. Francis College. Click here for directions.