Comments on: ADFEMPO: Advancing Feminist Poetics & Activism

By: Rachel Levitsky

Rachel Levitsky — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:41:56 +0000

Hi Tonya, et al, I posted a short note about how i recall this conference coming together at the adfempo blog. There is also a link to Nada Gordon’s comments on that blog.
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By: LH

LH — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:52:45 +0000

Thanks for the post Tonya, and for the link to your blog Laura. I had no idea you blogged and look forward to reports.
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By: patricia spears jones

patricia spears jones — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:00:29 +0000

Tonya-sorry that the Plenary started late but you never knew what technical stuff will under those circumstances. I wrote up a bit about this in my notes for friends, but I was happy to see the range of thinkers on your panel, but now that I’ve time to mull things over, what I remember most are your too-brief comments on the idea of The Commons and the common. Later when I got home from the Poets House Ribbon cutting, Rachel Maddow was interviewing (well gushing over) Ken Burns and his new doc on our National Parks as America’s Best Idea. He talked about the “commonwealth” and I’ve often thought about why the commonweal has gone out of political discourse like justice, equality and charity (bleeding hearts). So just to return the discourse to these important cultural and historical elements is so radical. Also, to see the women and men engaged in the Conference was inspiring. I salute you and the Belladonna Women for your ability to link creativity and scholarship.
And glad your riding in a police car was to get you safely home.
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By: Tonya

Tonya — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:16:02 +0000

thanks Laura. so much more to post…
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By: Tonya

Tonya — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:15:17 +0000

kent, i look forward to checking out the essay.
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By: Tonya

Tonya — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:13:20 +0000

Kevin, i also wish that you had been able to attend! thanks for the kind words. thank Dodie for me. Must admit how inspired I was by Rachel Levitsky and Erica Kaufman’s incredible work and vision in putting this conference together. Am deeply grateful for their invitations to various conversations and to participate in a collective that included Laura Elrick, Akilah Oliver, Kate Eichorn, Laura Jaramillo, Jennifer Scappetone, Emily Beall, and Anna Moschovakis.
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By: Laura Hinton

Laura Hinton — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:39:12 +0000

Great notes, Tonya. A fanastic conference. For those who could not be there, I’m writing notes on Chant de la Sirene — and will post photographs from the conference this weekend.

Loved Tonya’s late night commentary in the final plenary on the value of “waste.”
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By: Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:45:10 +0000

Of possible interest to this topic– Hot Gun!, a rather energetic new journal out of London and New Haven: The essay therein by Emily Critchley: “Doubts, Complications, and Distractions: Rethinking the Role of Women in Language Poetry.” Very interesting, very pointed.
http://www.digitalemunction.com/2009/09/25/hot-gun/

Kent
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By: Kevin Killian

Kevin Killian — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:07:36 +0000

Wish i could have gone, Tonya! I talked to Dodie on the phone, she was “on the floor” of the convention, and she said you were especially good. Congratulations.
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By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:30:25 +0000

Um, more about the ride in the cop car, please? Did belladonna get rowdy?
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