Instead, poetry reviews have largely been consigned to specialized publications and little magazines. If the ability to get reviewed in the major media is an index of status, nothing illustraes more glaringly the marginal position of the poet in contemporary American society than her absence from the review pages. Participants in the symposium will take up the challenge and reflect on the audience for poetry and its relation to the media. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Environmental Studies, the Center for Ancient Studies, and the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Reception to follow.
Lecture is free.
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