<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div> <br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Brandon Menke [<a href="mailto:brandon.menke@yale.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:brandon.menke@yale.edu</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, April 08, 2016 1:40 PM<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: TODAY, 4:30pm, LC 319: Scholars as Writers Workshop with Stephen Burt<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">* * *<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Scholars as Writers Workshop with Stephen Burt</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">TODAY at 4:30pm in LC 319<br class=""><br class=""></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Dear colleagues:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As part of the American Literature in the World Graduate Conference's schedule of events,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Stephen Burt</b>, hailed by the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">New York Times</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as "one of the most influential poetry critics of his generation," will be leading a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Scholars as Writers Workshop</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">TODAY at 4:30pm in LC 319</b>. A reception will follow.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Stephen Burt<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>is a poet, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard University with eight published books, including two critical books on poetry and three poetry collections. His essay collection<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Close Calls with Nonsense</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Graywolf, 2009) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His next essay collection is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">The Poem is You: 50 or So Contemporary Poems and How to Read Them</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Harvard, 2016). His other works include<i class=""> Advice from the Lights: Poems<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(Graywolf, 2017);<i class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Belmont<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(Graywolf, 2013);<i class=""> The Art of the Sonnet</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Harvard, 2010);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Something Understood: Essays and Poetry for Helen Vendler</i>(University of Virginia, 2009);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">The Forms of Youth: Adolescence and 20th Century Poetry</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Columbia, 2007);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Parallel Play: Poems</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Graywolf, 2006);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Randall Jarrell on W. H. Auden</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Columbia, 2005);<i class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Randall Jarrell and His Age</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Columbia, 2002); and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">Popular Music</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Center for Literary Publishing, 1999).</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Please visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://amlitintheworld.yale.edu/2016-conference/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://amlitintheworld.yale.edu/2016-conference/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for more information, including the full conference schedule.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">All best,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The American Literature in the World Organizing Committee<br class=""><br class=""></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><img class="" apple-inline="yes" id="BE75731C-B836-4E03-B0FE-17725DB52F7A" height="644" width="495" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1919E.96A91A20"><br class=""></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>