POETRY AND TRUTH: A CELEBRATION OF THE BOOK
Sponsored by the Missouri Center for the Book and The Stephens College English/Creative Writing Department
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
The Celebration of the Book will take place on the Stephens College campus, Saturday, November 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Panels and poetry readings will be scheduled throughout the day, with a midday plenary session featuring Missouri Poet Laureate, Walter Bargen.
Poets who will read include Scott Cairns, Aliki Barnstone, Pamela McClure, Stanley Banks, Emily Rosko, Wayne Miller and Gabriel Fried. A special panel on graphic fiction and memoir will feature two authors of graphic novels, Cullen Bunn and Matt Kindt. Other panels will focus on “Fact and Fiction” and “Getting Published” and the future of the book in the digital age.
Authors will have books available for sale and signing.
Parking will be available on the south side of Broadway, across from the entrance to the Columbia Foyer, where the registration will be located, and also in a lot on the south side of Walnut St. (one block from Broadway), next to the Stephens library.
Support for this Celebration comes from the Missouri Arts Council, and anonymous donors.