Panel Discussion: Disaster & Hope
February 22, we sent an email about the Voices from Japan: Perspectives on Disaster and Hope exhibit coming to Colorado College. At that time, CC Professor Joan Ericson accepted poetry submissions that were personal responses to the Waldo Canyon Fire. Please click here to read the original email including further details about the section of the exhibit dedicated to the Waldo Canyon Fire.
We'd like to remind you about a panel discussion that will feature poetry written in response to the Waldo Canyon Fire as part of the ongoing events surrounding the exhibit.
When:
Thursday, March 28, 2013
4:00 p.m.
Where:
Film Screening Room
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
825 N. Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
What:
Literature in Times of Disaster: A Panel Discussion
Expression can be the hope found in disaster. This program explores literature written in the wake of disaster. Panelists include: Prof. Laurel Rasplica Rodd (CU-Boulder), Dr. Amy Heinrich (Columbia University), Prof. Jane Hilberry (Colorado College), and Prof. David Gardiner (Colorado College). The program also features poetry written in response to the Waldo Canyon Fire, including poems by Prof. Hilberry and Colorado State Poet Laureate Prof. David Mason (Colorado College).
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