The Festival celebrates the chapbook as a work of art and as a medium for alternative and emerging writers and publishers. Now in its second year, the Festival features a two-day bookfair with chapbook publishers from around the country, workshops, marathon poetry readings, and a closing-night reading of prize-winning Chapbook Fellows.
Schedule of Events
BOOKFAIR
11:30am to 7pm both days (May 3-4)
in the Proshansky Auditorium Lobby, C Level
Free and open to the public
MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010
WORKSHOPS
C Level Breakout Rooms
Registration required. To attend workshops, please register by e-mailing abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu
10 – 11:30am Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Poets
With Brenda Iijima (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs), Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna*), and [Lonely Christopher (The Corresponding Society) - tentative]
10 – 11:30am Do-It-Yourself Chapbooks: Make and Distribute Your Own
With Mary Gannon and Jean Hartig (Poets & Writers Magazine), Emily Goodale (Brave Men Press), Matvei Yankelevich (Ugly Duckling Presse), and [Adam Robinson (Publishing Genius) - tentative]
11:30am – 1pm Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Publishers
With Jan Heller Levi (Hunter College), Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna*), and [Bill Marsh (Factory School) – tentative]
11:30am – 1pm Chapbooks as Art Objects
With Roni Gross (Center for Book Arts, Roni Gross Design), Sarah Nicholls (Center for Book Arts), and Jeremy Thompson (The Autotypograph)
CHAPBOOK POETS: A MARATHON READING
2 – 7pm, C Level Breakout Rooms
Poets from participating presses read. For a full lineup, visit www.chapbookfestival.org
Free and open to the public.
OPENING RECEPTION
7 – 8pm, Proshansky Auditorum Lobby
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010
WORKSHOPS
Registration required. To attend workshops, please register by e-mailing abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu
10 – 11:30am Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Poets
With Sommer Browning (Flying Guillotine Press), Jill Magi (Sona Books), and Daniel Lin (Love Among the Ruins)
10 – 11:30am Do-It-Yourself Chapbooks: Make and Distribute Your Own
With Mary Gannon and Jean Hartig (Poets & Writers Magazine), Emily Goodale (Brave Men Press), Anna Moschovakis (Ugly Duckling Presse), and [Adam Robinson (Publishing Genius) - tentative]
11:30am – 1pm Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Publishers
With Jan Heller Levi (Hunter College), Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna*), and Andrew Levy (CRAYON Magazine)
11:30am – 1pm Chapbooks as Art Objects
With Roni Gross (Center for Book Arts, Roni Gross Design), Sarah Nicholls (Center for Book Arts), and Jeremy Thompson (The Autotypograph)
CHAPBOOK POETS: A MARATHON READING
2 – 7pm, C Level Breakout Rooms
Poets from participating presses read. For a full lineup, visit www.chapbookfestival.org
Free and open to the public.
PSA CHAPBOOK FELLOWSHIP READING
7pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre
Alice Quinn with judges Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, and Arthur Sze, and winners Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, Haines Eason, Heidi Johannesen Poon, and Stephanie Adams-Santos.
Followed by reception
***On Wednesday, May 5, The Center for Book Arts will host printing and bookbinding workshops. To sign up, visit their www.centerforbookarts.org***
Participating publishers
2nd Ave Poetry
Bateau Press
Belladonna*
BOOK Works
BookThug
Business Press
Cervena Barva Press
Concrete Wolf Chapbook Press
Corollary Press
Creature Press
Cy Gist Press
DoubleCross Press
Dusie Kollektiv
Effing Press
Etched Press
Finishing Line Press
Five Spice Poetry
Flying Guillotine Press
Forklift, Ohio
Greying Ghost Press
Instance Press
Kissena Park Press
Little Scratch Pad
Love Among the Ruins
Magic Helicopter Books
Noemi Press
Open Thread Publications
Pen Press
Plan B Press
Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press
Poets Wear Prada
Poinciana Paper Press
Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs
Rain Taxi
River Poets Journal/Lilly Press
Sarabande Books
Seven Kitchens Press
Slapering Hol Press
Small Anchor Press
Sona Books
Spire Press
sunnyoutside
Tarpaulin Sky Press
The Physiocrats
Toadlily Press
Ugly Duckling Presse
Upset Press
X-ing Press/Agriculture Reader
and others!
***Co-sponsored by The Office of Academic Affairs, The Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center and MFA Programs in Creative Writing of the City University of New York, The Center for Book Arts, Poets House, Poetry Society of America, and Poets & Writers
