April 2, 3, and 4, 2008

with

Richard Wilbur, W. D. Snodgrass, Mark Strand,
J. D. McClatchy, and Mary Jo Salter

and other poets published by The Waywiser Press

additional readings by the 2006 and 2007 winners of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
Morri Creech and Erica Dawson

Dana Gioia, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts,
will open the celebration.

The Waywiser Press, founded in London in 2002, is dedicated to the publication of both poetry and prose. Its imprint, Between the Lines, specializes in book-length interviews with contemporary poets.

Sponsored by the Emory Libraries; The Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library; Emory’s Creativity and the Arts Initiative; the Hightower Fund; Emory's Creative Writing Program and Humanities Council; with additional support from The Waywiser Press; and the National Endowment for the Arts. Emory’s celebration of poetry is being held in conjunction with the exhibition “Democratic Vistas: Exploring the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library.”

For more information, email poetryconference@emory.edu.