CFP: Poetry Studies (11/1/04; PCA/ACA, 3/23/05-3/26/05)

POETRY STUDIES: CALL FOR PAPERS
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
PCA/ACA Conference 2005
March 23 - 26, San Diego, California
 
The Poetry Studies Area of the Popular Culture Conference
is interested in paper abstracts on poets who have links to
popular culture, past or present and also in subjects and areas
that link poetry, poetics and popular culture. Also, we are very
interested in panel proposals. Poetry and Popular Culture is a
vast undefined and open area. Your definition of Poetry and
Popular Culture will be respected. In the past panels and papers
have engaged rock and roll; hip hop; Vietnam era poetry;
the small press in the 1960s; the mimeo revolution; small-press
poets, e.g., Bukowski, d. a. levy, Lyn Lifshin, Gerald Locklin,
A. D. Winans; etc.; women of the small press, entrepreneurial
small-press literary magazines and presses; poetry and TV,
popular music and movies; spoken word and performance poetry;
The Beats and popular culture; and Slam poetry and Indi-Culture
and zines and zine/punk poetics. Be creative and define this area
of focus. Panels will consist of three or four individuals delivering
papers, not to exceed fifteen to twenty minutes. There will be a brief
period at each session for questions and conversation.
 
Complete and detailed information can be located at:
http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca/2005/
 
If interested please send a brief paper abstract.

Deadline is November 1, 2004.
 
Send proposals for panels and abstracts to:
Michael Basinski, Curator
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection
420 Capen Hall,
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260
basinski_at_buffalo.edu
  
Please include your accurate/current addresses, phone number,
and email. All accepted proposals will be furnished with further
information concerning conference registration, hotel
accommodations and other pertinent information.

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