Poets, we've got you covered! From seminars about poets in translation to business-panels on How to Debut, there's plenty happing at Lit Fest for the poetry-inclined. We've even got a seminar for poets who like to draw (or artists who like to write).
Are you a poet with multi-genre tendencies? Be sure to visit The Lookout in the coming days for the rest of our Lit Fest genre-specific guides for fiction, nonfiction, dramatic writing, and YA/MG.
Two-Weekend Intensive
- Reading as a Writer-Elizabeth Bishop's Poetry and Prose with John Brehm (June 8-9 and 15-16)
One-Weekend Intensives
- Reading as a Writer-Poetry at the Margins with Elizabeth Robinson (June 15-16)
- The Poetry of Drama(turgy) with Diana Khoi Nguyen (June 8-9)
- Hybrid and Cross-Genre Forms with Serena Chopra (June 8-9)
Suggested Craft Seminars
To view all of our craft seminars, click here.
Monday, June 10
- The Practice of Looking with Ross Gay
- The Fact of the Matter: Word as Material with Dan Beachy-Quick
Tuesday, June 11
- The Art of Brevity with Ross Gay
- Mining Family History with Diana Khoi Nguyen
- Image and Text: Text as Image and Image as Text with Diana Khoi Nguyen
Wednesday, June 12
- Spirit in Matter, Matter in Spirit: Poems with Sawnie Morris
- From Aubade to Serenade: The Lyrical Genres with David J. Rothman
- Spinning Tales: Exploring Texts and Textiles with Jessica Comola
- Anybody Can Get Into a Poem, But It Takes "a Poet or an Otter or Something Supernatural" to Get Out of One with Sawnie Morris
Thursday, June 13
- What is Art? with Sheila Heti
- From Sestina to Pantoum: Fixed Lyrical Forms with David J. Rothman
- Techniques of the Eternal Ballad with David J. Rothman
- Writing Life and Death: Poetry and the Multiplicity of the Self with Sasha Steensen
Friday, June 14
- Poetry: Revision By Any Means Necessary with Elizabeth Robinson
- The Poetry of Affection by Joy Roulier Sawyer
- Writing Through Tarot with Selah Saterstrom
- How to Write a Drawing with Sommer Browning
Monday, June 17
- Poets in Translation: Rilke and Mandelstam with Lynn Wagner
- The Fine Art of
LyingInvention with Nicky Beer
Tuesday, June 18
- On Imagination with Mary Ruefle
- Rooting Out the Poem: Ecopoetics, Persistence, and Apocalyptic Thinking with Juan J. Morales
Wednesday, June 19
- Queer Forms: Hybrid and Interdisciplinary Writing with Serena Chopra
Thursday, June 20
- Revision as Addition with Diana Khoi Nguyen
Friday, June 21
- Graphic Fiction and Poetry Comics with Jessica Comola
- Repetition and Cadence: Exploring Sound and Rhythm in Poetry with Andrea Rexilius
Brown-Bag Business Panels
You can register for brown-bag business panels individually, or a Business Panel Pass will get you into all of them.
- When to Stop–June 8
- The Author-Agent Relationship–June 10
- Launching Your Literary Career–June 11
- Agents Tell All–June 12
- Hidden Opportunities for Writers–June 13
- Nonfiction Pitch Clinic–June 14
- Writer-Editor Relationship–June 17
- The Crystal Ball: Peering Into Publishing's Future–June 18
- Publishing Basics for YA and MG Authors–June 19
- How to Debut–June 20
- Setting Up Your Writing Life–June 21
Salons
Every salon includes drinks and a catered dinner.
- Salon + Reading: Is It Really All About You?–June 8
- Writing/Thinking/Flowing/Weeping–June 10
- Storytelling Night with Raconteur Denver: Family–June 11
- The Not-So-Secret-Garden–June 13
- Movie Night: "The End of the Tour" Screening + The Art of Adaptation–June 14
- Salon + Reading: Edge of Laughter–June 15
- Dumpster Fyre: Money in Literature–June 17
- To Tweet or Not to Tweet–June 18
- Storytelling Night with The Narrators Denver–June 20
Visiting Authors Readings
Our two visiting author readings are free and open to the public. We'll have drinks available, and food trucks will be on site.
- Week One: Featuring Rachel Cusk, Melissa Febos, Ross Gay, Sheila Heti, Helen Macdonald, and Donald Margulies
- Week Two: Featuring Julie Buntin, Alexander Chee, Gabe Habash, Amitava Kumar, and Mary Ruefle
