US Poets in Mexico Poetry Conference; Oaxaca, Mexico, October 31 – November 4, 2016

7th Annual US Poets in Mexico Poetry Conference
Oaxaca, Mexico
October 31 – November 4, 2016

Workshops & talks by Anne Waldman:

Monday, Oct. 31, 9:30 am – 12 pm
Workshop 1
ALL PROJECTS NOW: EXPERIMENTS OF ATTENTION
We will invigorate our writing practice: our philosophical-poetics, our intention, our obsessions. We will ask the question: what does it mean to be contemporary with our time? (Including the backdrop of Dia de los Muertos.) And participate in “experiments of attention” with focus on dream, travel, identity, allegory, translation, new form, eco-poetics , performance, song. And investigate the bifurcations of what is hidden and what is revealed in our poetry.
One 2 1/2-hr session

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Talk 1 with Q & A
“EPIC SENSIBILITY”
1-hour

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7 pm – 8 pm
Free Public Reading with Anne Waldman and Laura Solorzano

Thursday, Nov. 3, 9:30 am – 12 pm
Workshop 2
EYES AND EARS ALL AROUND: DOCUMENTARY POETICS
We will focus on the possibility“documentary poetics”, finding a way into long-term projects of hybrid investigation, as well as extended performance forms, such as monologue or libretto or play. Students are asked to bring in texts around a burning subject that interests them for cut-up, enfolding, and collaborative purposes. Bring in images as well, and if appropriate, musical ideas.
One 2 1/2-hr session

Friday, Nov. 4 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Talk 2 with Q&A
“POETICS OF THE SIX REALMS: A BUDDHIST INVESTIGATION”
1-hour