All Star II Family Conference 2003

Saturday, July 5, to Saturday, July 12, 2003.

The conference is over!

This page is about the 2003 conference. Are you looking for information about the latest conference? If not, here for the record is the information for 2003.

The "Boat Letter" to conferees is now out and has also gone out by paper mail. It is important: you should read it carefully and take a copy with you.(2003-05-31)

New for this year: All Star II T Shirts order these before the conference starts Deadline: June 9.

As always, late-breaking news will be in this year's fabulous Dockside Post. Get your copy on the dock!

(old news)

This year

Registration: Online registration is still available although, as the conference is full, it is unlikely to be successful unless we have a large number of cancellations. (Registration Q&A)

Speaker: What Is Poetry For? Come prepared to read and discuss great poems and, perhaps, write some too.

Cammy Thomas is visiting assistant professor at Framingham State College and lecturer at Emerson College. She has taught writing and literature for twenty-five years, and has a Ph.D. from Berkeley and an MFA from Warren Wilson College. Her book of poems, Violin in the Underworld, is expected in 2004 from Four Way Books.

Recommended Reading Take a look at these books and decide whether you would like to bring to the island with you. There will be a few available from the bookstore.

• The Practice of Poetry : Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach by Robin Behn
• Sleeping on the Wing: An Anthology of Modern Poetry, With Essays on Reading and Writing
  by Kenneth Koch, Kate Farrell
• The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, J. D. McClatchy (Editor)
• The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry by J. D. McClatchy (Editor)

Minister of the week: Rebecca Cohen, Minister of Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church in Burke, VA.

Chairs and Registrars: Rodney Lowe and Sally Russell (send mail)