Deadline for Avant Writing Syposium Proposals Approaching: May 17

Hi all

The deadline for receipt of proposals for the August Avant Writing Symposium at Ohio State University Libraries is fast approaching.   I have to have them by Mon. May 17!  So if you haven't sent one in, it's now or never.

Proposals should include a title, paragraph or so describing what you want to do, and a brief bio.  Other details below:


 
THE 2^ND AVANT WRITING SYMPOSIUM

The Avant Writing Collection

Rare Books & Manuscripts Library

The Ohio State University Libraries

Columbus, Ohio, USA

 

August 19-21, 2010

 

 

PROPOSALS INVITED

 

The Symposium will be open to all interested persons, with a small registration fee.  The number of presentations will be limited by time and space constraints.

 

We are now open to receive proposals for presentations for 30-minute slots (with some exceptions for longer presentations) for papers, performances, digital presentations, and other activities, having to do with innovative and avant-garde writing, broadly conceived.  Include a brief bio.  Deadline: May 17, 2010.  Please send your proposals to:

 

Dr. John M. Bennett, Curator

Avant Writing Collection

19 Thompson Library

1858 Neil Av. Mall

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH 43214 USA

 

Or by email, Bennett.23@osu.edu

 

Please note that all attendees, whether presenting or not, will need to pay the small registration fee of $30 US.

 

Information on hotels and lodging availabilities will be forthcoming closer to the event.

 

This event will include a number of special presentations from writers and artists invited from Spain and Latin America.



This promises to be a very exciting 3 days! 

 

For information on the Avant Writing Collection, see

http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avantwriting/

 

Photos from the First Symposium may be seen here:

http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avant/

 

Our 2 catalogs may be seen in PDF versions here:

http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avant/Avant2.pdf

http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/avant/VisualPoetry.pdf

 

Sponsored by

The Rare Books & Manuscripts Library

The Ohio State University Libraries

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese

The Center for Latin American Studies

 

The Ohio State University