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The Line Has Shattered symposium Aug 14
August 14, 2009 @ SFU Harbour Centre
The Line Has Shattered: Revisiting Vancouver’s Landmark 1963 Poetry Conference
The 1963 Vancouver Poetry Conference was actually a three-week credit
summer course offered by the University of British Columbia and
organized by UBC English professor Warren Tallman and poet Robert
Creeley. It featured lectures, readings, panel discussions and writing
workshops by Charles Olson, Creeley, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg,
Denise Levertov and Margaret Avison—in Roy Miki’s words, some of “the
most influential voices of the generation described as the ‘new American
poets.’” The Conference marks the beginnings of a truly transnational
“North American” poetic avant-garde: many of the “student” participants
have gone on to have far-reaching impact on Canadian and American
poetry, as they include figures such as George Bowering, Daphne Marlatt,
Fred Wah, Michael Palmer, Clark Coolidge, and Phyllis Webb. Consistently
referred to as “landmark,” “monumental,” and a “defining moment in the
history of North American poetry,” The Line Has Shattered brings
together 12 participants 46 years later for a day of discussions and
readings.
Bernice Lever
Maria Hindmarch
George Bowering
Daphne Marlatt
Robert Hogg
Michael Palmer
Jamie Reid
Judith Copithorne
Fred Wah
Clark Coolidge
Pauline Butling
Lionel Kearns
Sponsored by: SFU ENGLISH and THE KOOTENAY SCHOOL OF WRITING.
Moderated and Hosted by Stephen Collis.