[BKARTS] Poetry, Art & the Book: Conference at Yale, New Haven, CT, March 2008

[Jae Rossman <jae.rossman@xxxxxxxx>]

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Arts of the 
Book Collection at Yale University invite historians, literary 
scholars, poets, artists, publishers, and book arts enthusiasts to 
participate in Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and the Book, a 
symposium to be held on March 13 & 14, 2008, on the campus of Yale 
University. Speakers will include Carolee Campbell, Macy Chadwick, 
Steve Clay, Simon Cutts, Johanna Drucker, Ann Lauterbach, Anna 
Moschovakis, Chad Oness, Kyle Schelessinger, Buzz Spector, C. D. 
Wright, and John Yau. The symposium will highlight strengths of the 
Yale Arts of the Book Collection and the Modern European and American 
collections at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in the 
accompanying exhibitions: "Metaphor Taking Shape: Poetry, Art, and 
the Book" at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and "The 
Publisher's Roundtable: Book Artists in Dialogue" at the Arts of the 
Book Collection.

Additional details are available online: 
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/metaphor/index.html


Jae Jennifer Rossman
Special Collections Librarian, Arts Library
Yale University Library
PO Box 208240
New Haven CT  06520-8240 USA
(203) 432-1712
(203) 432-0549 (fax)
http://www.library.yale.edu/art/ 

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