2023 Tilford

Thursday

11 a.m. onward
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Memorial Union, Washburn Ballroom A/B Foyer

Caucus meeting 

1pm LGBTQA+ Memorial Union, Lincoln Room | Moderator, Dr. Joseph DeSota, Washburn University

5 to 6:30 Memorial Union, Washburn Ballroom B

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Friday

7:30 light breakfast conference speakers

Memorial Union, Ballroom A/B

10:30- 11:30am

Morning Workshops

032 Poetry as Good Trouble: How Poetry Can Be Part of Every Course – Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, Bible Room
Poetry is one of the most personal, engaging forms of writing. Yet, it is often avoided, maybe out of past traumatic experiences from curmudgeons, judgers, and teachers? Also, poetry might only be seen as a “creative writing” thing. However, this workshop will cover how poetry can serve in DEIJ work as students can use home languages, can challenge white Patriarchal systems and historical barriers of education, can be used as part of unessaying and ungrading, and can serve students with powerful student learning outcomes. Poetry can apply to any subject--even mathematics! Attendees will come away with examples and ideas for incorporating poetry in their classes, as well as approaches to assessment to student learning outcomes, upgrading, and trauma-informed pedagogy. This workshop is a safe, nonjudgmental space. Dennis Etzel, Jr., Senior Lecturer of English, Washburn University; Jericho Hockett, Associate Professor of Psychology, Washburn University

019 Early-Afternoon Paper Panel – Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, RGF Convocation Hall

1:00pm

019B Benefits of Critical Poetic Inquiry as Inclusive Research Methodology
Critical poetic inquiry is “the process of using poetic devices to critically analyze a research inquiry to advance movement toward relevant forms of justice and produces research poetry as a product” (Davis, 2021, p. 116). This presentation will demonstrate that conducting and writing critical poetic inquiries may help develop research representation, writing, and communication toward new understandings of phenomena through cultural relevance, centering minoritized voices, and protest. Jericho Hockett, Associate Professor of Psychology, Washburn University; Muffy Walter, Assistant Professor of English, Washburn University

 

2:15-3:15pm
Mid-Afternoon Paper Panels, Roundtable Discussions and Workshops

030 Quilting Pedagogies for Inclusion and Belonging: Developing an Equity-Based, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for Love and Reliance – Memorial Union, Crane Room
In this workshop, the presenter shares their own journey into the attempt to dismantle their privileges and power in the classroom through implementing research-based and practical applications of first-generation best practices with anti-racist, ungrading, and trauma-informed pedagogies. The results have led to better student learning outcomes while aiming to create the best possible space for inclusion and belonging--a possible place for love and resilence. Attendees will leave with examples and ideas they may choose from for their own quilt-work teaching. Dennis Etzel, Jr, Senior Lecturer of English, Washburn University

3:30-4:30pm Late-Afternoon Roundtables and Workshops

043 Critical poetic inquiry: A Workshop for All – Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center, Martin Room
This workshop centers on producing a critical poetic inquiry--"using poetic devices to critically analyze a research inquiry to advance movement toward relevant forms of justice and produces research poetry as a product” (Davis, 2021, p. 116)." We will guide participants in developing a topic for inquiry related to their interests and roles, using poetic ritual to reflect on the connections driving their inquiry, implementing ars poetica to begin establishing evaluative criteria for their project (Faulkner, 2007), and identifying possible approaches to the poetry production for their inquiry. No prior experience with poetry writing or research is necessary. Jericho Hockett, Associate Professor of Psychology, Washburn University and Dennis Etzel, Jr., Senior Lecturer of English, Washburn University

 

 

 

Rituals for Jess

 Jess, I hope you can get some downtime this weekend!

I wanted to share another writing ritual. This one involves using voice to text with a phone. I like to talk into Google docs to save my work.

In my car as fast as I could, I started saying whatever I saw, but used the words "in conjunction with" to stitch together my speaking. I also riffed off of what I was saying, naturally transitioning to another thing I saw or thought of.

I'll include the example below, but I was able to continue speaking as fast as I could for about 10 minutes and then I was exhausted.

But here's a sample of what came out. Maybe a way to think about this ritual for your own writing?

All Best,

Dennis

Oh I forgot to add, think of this not as writing a poem but generating words that will eventually become a poem. That you can print this out and use a highlighter to look for different word connections and then create a poem out of that.

Stillness being able to know and determine by listening to the heart and conjunction with the heart itself in conjunction with what the heart wants to tell us in conjunction with everything that the Dairy Queen has for treats and conjunction with going to the Dairy Queen as in walking down to the Dairy Queen to get yourself a treat and conjunction with what the actual ice cream is that you're eating that is milk in conjunction with whatever is bad and whatever you're eating in conjunction with the happy memory and conjunction with whatever isn't good in conjunction with lemonade sedans sold by children trying to get some money in conjunction with the actual lemonade made in conjunction with how children make lemonade with their hands in conjunction with if it's a mix or with actual lemons in conjunction with what children's understand about mass produced lemonade on the grocery store

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Re: Poetry Journal

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Dennis Etzel Jr

To:

Jess Seidel

Sat 8/26/2023 8:16 AM

Jess,

Thank you so much for reaching out! Yes, I would love to share many of these rituals I have developed as well as carry forward after my time at Naropa.

I will start the conversation on Monday!

For this weekend, if you can find a place to sit outside and write as fast as you can for five minutes with these two anchoring words—AUGUST and WAVE. You can write these words down when you get stuck and keep going.

Also, when you get stuck, smell coffee beans.

Another project: Take a poem you love, think of a place you love, think of an experience you had in that place, then start writing. When stuck, grab a word from the poem (I start from the bottom up), write it down, and keep writing. Keep borrowing whatever word you find. I call this a write-through.

packets

 packet1 105 in Topeka, first two crisis trees, first two ritual

packet 2   ritual up to file 6

Reflection questions

 What is your calling? Even if you can't answer this question, does it feel like you're on some kind of path?

How are you able to do now what you are meant to do? In other words are you doing what you're calling is asking?

How are you open to other people? And how are they open to you?

What are the interferences that are getting in the way of your calling? Are the systems you're working in creating the actual interferences of what is supposed to be your calling?

Naropa Summer Writing Program

 I will soon be there and will post here about it!

Naropa SWP 2023

 

for a stranger poetics :: trans-disciplinary practices

Workshops are M/T/Th/F from 9:30am-12:00pm, 9:00am for Printshop.

Monday, 6/12
1:00–2:30 Opening Panel: For a Stranger Poetics: Transdisciplinary Practices
Panelists: Anne Waldman (chair); Srikanth Reddy; Carolina Ebeid; Janice Lowe; No Land

3:00–4:00 :: MFA Lecture :: Kelly Krumrie

Tuesday, 3/13
1:00–2:00 :: Lecture :: Cedar Sigo

2:30–3:30 :: Oral History :: Kyle Schlesinger on Cuneiform Press

4:00–5:00 :: Lecture :: Amy Catanzano

7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
Kelly Krumrie; No Land; Amy Catanzano; Cedar Sigo

Wednesday, 6/14
1:00–3:00 :: Afro-futurism ::  Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish 

Thursday, 6/15
1:00–2:00 :: Artist Talk :: Julie Carr

2:30–3:30 :: Artist Talk :: Caroline Bergvall

4:00–5:30 :: Student Panel

7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
Lee Ann Brown, Kyle Schlesinger; Carolina Ebeid; Srikanth Reddy

Friday, 6/16
1:00–2:30 :: Artist Talk & Performance :: Lee Ann Brown & Tony Torn :: Poets Theatre Lab

3:00–4:30 :: Colloquium

7:00–9:30 :: Student Reading

Saturday, 6/17
7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
Mairead Case; Janice Lowe; Julie Carr: Caroline Bergvall

 

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(eco) mourning / memory / ritual

Workshops are M/T/Th/F from 

9:30am-12:00pm, 9:00am start for Printshop.

Monday, 6/19

9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:30 Opening Panel: (eco) mourning / memory / ritual

Panelists: Anne Waldman (chair): Gabriel Octavia Rucker; CAConrad; Sherwin Bitsui

3:00–4:00 :: MFA Lecture :: Richard Froude

Tuesday, 6/20

9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:00 :: Artist Talk :: Ariana Reines

2:30–3:30 :: Artist Talk :: April Sheridan

7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
TBA, TBA Gabriel Octavia Rucker; Dan Beachy-Quick

Wednesday, 6/21

1:00–3:00 :: Divinatory Poetics :: Saterstrom 

Thursday, 6/22
9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:30 :: Artist Talk :: Dan Beachy-Quick

3:00–4:30 :: Student Panel

7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
TBA, TBA, Sherwin Bitsui; CAConrad

Friday, 6/23
9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:30 :: Lecture :: Margaret Randall

3:00–4:00 :: Colloquium 7:00–9:30 :: Student Reading

Saturday, 6/24
7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
Richard Froude; Stella Corso; Margaret Randall; Ariana Reines

 

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counter-urgency :: writing / performance / social practice

Workshops take place M/T/Th/F from 9:30am-12:00pm, 9:00am for Printshop

 

Monday, 6/26

9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:30 Opening Panel: counter-urgency :: writing / performance / social practice Panelists: Anne Waldman (chair); Layli Long Soldier; Thurston Moore; Sandra Simonds; Tongo Eisen-Martin

3:00–4:00 :: MFA Lecture :: Stella Corso

Tuesday, 6/27
9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:30 :: Lecture :: Vincent Katz :: “At First Sight”

3:00–4:00 :: Artist Talk :: Ronaldo Wilson

7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
TBA, Vincent Katz; Sandra Simonds; Edwin Torres

Wednesday, 6/28
1:00–3:00 :: Dharma Arts :: Giovannina Jobson

7:00–9:30 :: SWP Staff Reading

Thursday, 6/29
9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:00 :: Artist Talk :: Anne Waldman :: “Bard, Kinetic”

3:00–4:30 :: Student Panel

7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
Amy Bobeda; Valerie Hsiung; Layli Long Soldier; Tongo Eisen-Martin

Friday, 6/30
9:30am-12:00pm workshop

1:00–2:30 :: Artist Talk :: Edwin Torres

3:00–4:00 :: Colloquium 

7:00–9:30 :: Student Reading

Saturday, 7/1
7:00–9:30 :: Faculty Reading:
Jeffrey Pethybridge; Ronaldo Wilson; Thurston Moore; Anne Waldman and Fast Speaking Music

 

 

Possible workshops

 

Poetry where we work: Using Fast-Food Sonnets (Kansas Notable Award Winner), Dennis discusses how we can use our experiences with work--if it’s the teenage years of mowing lawns or babysitting to the work we’ve done as adults—to create our own poems and flash memoirs.

 

·        Poetry writing as inquiry

·        Documentary poetics

·        Psychology of poetics

·        Advice for publishing, from an editor and writer

·        Kansas poetry and workshop

·        At the movies writing, film therapy meets writing 

·        Contemporary mythology how we can rewrite ourselves through mythology 

·        Ecopoetry: How we our home as environment, reconnect through nature as well as through writing