[Wgcp-whc] Poetry, Art, and the Book Conference Registration Open

Nancy Kuhl nancy.kuhl at yale.edu
Mon Jan 14 10:29:15 EST 2008


The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Arts of the Book 
Collection invite historians, literary scholars, poets, artists, 
publishers, and book arts enthusiasts to participate in Metaphor Taking 
Shape: Poetry, Art, and the Book, a symposium to be held on March 13 & 14, 
2008, on the campus of Yale University. To register on line visit: 
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/metaphor/index.html

Speakers are Carolee Campbell, Macy Chadwick, Steve Clay, Simon Cutts, 
Johanna Drucker, Ann Lauterbach, Anna Moschovakis, C. Mikal Oness, Kyle 
Schlesinger, Buzz Spector, C. D. Wright, and John Yau.

The symposium will highlight strengths of the Yale Arts of the Book 
Collection and the Modern European and American collections at the Beinecke 
Rare Book and Manuscript Library in the accompanying exhibitions:

Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and the Book at the Beinecke Rare Book 
and Manuscript Library

The Publishers' Roundtable: Book Artists in Dialogue at the Arts of the 
Book Collection

Conference registration is free, but required for planning purposes. The 
deadline for registration is Monday, February 25, 2008. For questions, 
please contact:
Nancy Kuhl at nancy.kuhl at yale.edu
Jae Rossman at jae.rossman at yale.edu



Nancy Kuhl
Associate Curator, Yale Collection of American Literature
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
121 Wall Street, P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
Phone: 203.432.2966

African American Studies at Beinecke Library: http://beineckejwj.wordpress.com/
Poetry at Beinecke Library: http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/
Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities: http://brblroom26.wordpress.com/



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