CHARLES OLSON: Language as Physical Fact

A Conference and Exhibition sponsored by Chax Press.

All events take place at the University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson, Arizona. The UA Poetry Center is a cosponsor of this event, providing venue, staff time, technical assistance, and promotional support.

Chax Press acknowledges the support of the Arizona Commission on the Arts, with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the support of the Tucson Pima Arts Council.

Conference Price:
Students $25, $15 if paid by October 4, 2008
Others $100, $70 if paid by October 4, 2008. Note: Those who pay the full $100 will receive a letterpress-printed broadside from the suite of broadsides from Olson's The Maximus Poems.
Some scholarships and special pricing are available. Please inquire by email to chax@theriver.com, or by telephone to 520-620-1626.

You may register
1) on this web site by clicking the appropriate button on the right
2) by telephoning 520-620-1626 and registering with a credit card
or 3) by sending a registration note with your name and a check enclosed to Chax Press, 411 N 7th Ave Ste 103, Tucson, AZ 85705-8332.

View conference poster as PDF.

Conference Schedule

1. Friday, October 10

1. Exhibition open for viewing, 4pm – 7pm: CHARLES OLSON: Language as Physical Fact, a Suite of Broadsides from Chax Press

2. 7pm: Keynote & Welcome, by Charles Alexander

3. 7:30pm: Poetry Reading

1. Myung Mi Kim (introduced by Wendy Burk)
2. Anne Waldman (introduced by Barbara Henning)

2. Saturday, October 11

1. 10am: Film, POLIS IS THIS: CHARLES OLSON AND THE PERSISTENCE OF PLACE, by Henry Ferrini, & discussion

2. 12:30pm: Brown Bag Lunch

1. a brief talk on the exhibition of broadside prints, by Charles Alexander and Chax Press assistants

3. 2:30pm: Panel on Charles Olson: Language as Physical Fact

1. Barbara Henning, Myung Mi Kim, Steve McCaffery, Tenney Nathanson, Cole Swensen, Anne Waldman (moderator to be announced)

4. 7:30pm: Poetry Reading

1. Steve McCaffery (introduced by Tenney Nathanson)
2. Cole Swensen (introduced by Charles Alexander)

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