Thursday, Mar 05, 2026 12:10 PM — 1:25 PM: Brian Teare
Enduring Ephemeral Forms: On Poetry Chapbooks & Building Community with Brian Teare, Aishvarya Arora, Zoe Tuck, David Haydon, and Dujie Tahat

Thursday, Mar 05, 2026 1:45 PM — 3:00 PM: Adam Clay

University of Arkansas MFA Sixtieth-Anniversary Reading & Celebration with Adam Clay, CD Eskilson, Toni Jensen, Chelsea Rathburn, and Alysandra Dutton

Thursday, Mar 05, 2026 1:45 PM — 3:00 PM: Ava Winter

God-Wrestlers: Jewish Poets on Poetry as Prayer with Ava Winter, Yerra Sugarman, Elliott BatTzedek, Sharon Dolin, and Donna Spruijt-Metz

Thursday, Mar 05, 2026 3:20 PM — 4:35 PM: Rick Barot

Failed! Honest Talk About Failure & the Writing Life with Rick Barot, Paisley Rekdal, Beth Ann Fennelly, and Carol Edgarian

Thursday, Mar 05, 2026 3:20 PM — 4:35 PM: Weijia Pan

How International Writers Can Build Successful Literary Careers Post-MFA with Weijia Pan, Hera Naguib, Li Zhuang, Li Zhuang, and Farooz Rather

Thursday, Mar 05, 2026 5:00 PM — 6:15 PM: Erin Sharkey
LGBTQ Writers Caucus with Erin Sharkey and Davi Gray

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM: Erika Meitner

Growth Spurts: How Parenting Changes Poetics with Erika Meitner, Conor Bracken, Blas Falconer, Camille Dungy, and Katie Condon

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 10:35 AM — 11:50 AM: Allison Adair

Said & Unsaid: Crafting Silence in Poetry with Allison Adair, Randall Mann, Gabrielle Bates, and Sandra Lim

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 10:35 AM — 11:50 AM: Eireann Lorsung

Teaching Writing Despite “AI”: The Noncoercive Rearranging of Desire with Eireann Lorsung, Shana Youngdahl, Kate Schapira, and Arisa White

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 10:35 AM — 11:50 AM: Karen Babine

Coworking Communities: Publishing the Literary Magazine with Students with Karen Babine, Kurt Milberger, Austin Tucker, Amanda Ellard, and Caroline Laganas

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 10:35 AM — 11:50 AM: Tess Taylor

Un/Holy Acts: Religious Violence, Sacred Texts & Religious Poetry with Tess Taylor, Jessica Jacobs, Donovan McAbee, and James Davis May

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 12:10 PM — 1:25 PM: Sasha LaPointe

Poets Containing Multitudes: The Benefits of Cross-Genre Influence with Sasha LaPointe, Abi Pollokoff, Rob Arnold, Erin McCoy, and Cody Stetzel

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 3:20 PM — 4:35 PM: Ava Winter, Nicky Beer

Queer+ Ekphrasis: Investigations & Celebrations with Ava Winter, Nicky Beer, jason b. crawford, Blas Falconer, and Brenda Shaughnessy

Friday, Mar 06, 2026 3:20 PM — 4:35 PM: Michael Kleber-Diggs

Cropping Our Lives: Sustaining a Private Life in a Public Vocation with Michael Kleber-Diggs, Krissy Kludt, Joseph Lanham, and Annie Wenstrup

Saturday, Mar 07, 2026 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM: Erika Meitner

The New Embodied Lyrics of Wild, Wild Tech with Erika Meitner, Jennifer Steinorth, Urayoan Noel, Kathy Wu, and Katherine Yang

Saturday, Mar 07, 2026 9:00 AM — 10:15 AM: Chris Santiago

How Form Informs the Form: Received & Original Forms in Manuscript Organization with Chris Santiago, Donna Vorreyer, Lesley Wheeler, Taylor Byas, and Rebecca Lehmann

Saturday, Mar 07, 2026 10:35 AM — 11:50 AM: K Iver

I Could Not Stop for Death: Poets on Addiction & Substance Abuse with K Iver, Stevie Edwards, Nick Flynn, Joan Kwon Glass, and Edgar Kunz

Saturday, Mar 07, 2026 1:45 PM — 3:00 PM: Nicky Beer

Permission to Play: Toward a Creatively Limber Writing Practice with Nicky Beer, A Bucak, Michael Kardos, Derrick Harriell, and Catherine Pierce

Saturday, Mar 07, 2026 1:45 PM — 3:00 PM: Victoria Chang

Poetics, Politics & Ethics of Memory, Imagination & Mourning in the Elegy with Victoria Chang, Samyak Shertok, Saddiq Dzukogi, Diana Khoi Nguyen, and Prageeta Sharma

Saturday, Mar 07, 2026 1:45 PM — 3:00 PM: Sheree Renée Thomas

Magics, Myths & Realities in the Mississippi Delta with Sheree Renée Thomas, Katherine Moore, Michael Copperman, W. Ralph Eubanks, and Danian Jerry