Even in the digital age, the book occupies enormous cultural space and remains a central metaphor of many civilizations. How have poets in the 20th and 21st centuries honored and expanded this tradition? How are histories newly created from archival materials and what are the differences between personal and institutional archives? What are the roles of preservation and design in the transmission of culture? In this extraordinary gathering, hear the perspectives of poets, scholars, archivists and book designers as they discuss these and other questions: with Ammiel Alcalay, poet, scholar, and founder of Lost & Found; Steve Clay, archivist, scholar, and publisher, founder of Granary Books; Megan Mangum, book designers and founder of Words that Work; Anne Waldman, poet and co-founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University.
Following the roundtable discussion will be a presentation and celebration with the editors of Lost & Found, Series 2, with readings, video and audio presentations of works by Diane di Prima, Robert Duncan, David Henderson, Margaret Randall, and Muriel Rukeyser. Special guest Ken Irby, author of The Intent On (winner of the 2010 Shelley Award), will launch the series with the reading of a new poem that will be available as a broadside. Sets of Lost & Found, Series 2, will be available for purchase.
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