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 2ND 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.
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.
Photos
from the First Symposium may be seen here:
http://library.
Our
2 catalogs may be seen in PDF versions here:
http://library.
http://library.
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
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