BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5125-7f46d44089fdeb13c5e0a892caa01781@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260406T033823Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210319T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210319T130000 SUMMARY:“Getting Personal: American Women Poets and the Autobiographical Lyric\" DESCRIPTION:\n“Getting Personal: American Women Poets and the Autobiogra phical Lyric\,” A CALS “Unprecedented” Webinar\n\nWhen it was announced that Jewish-American poet Louise Gluck had been awarded the 2020 Nobel P rize for Literature\, Gluck became the first woman poet from the United States to win the prestigious honor. Using this “unprecedented” announce ment as a launch point\, this webinar features three women poets whose w ork\, like Gluck’s own\, has alternately been described as “confessional ” and “personal.” The “confessional” school of poetry originated in the United States in the mid-twentieth-century\, and important poets such as Sylvia Plath\, Adrienne Rich\, and Anne Sexton have been associated wit h that school. Yet Gluck and her readers have argued that her lyrics are more than merely “confessional” in mode\, though they are undeniably pe rsonal and autobiographical. Likewise\, the three women poets serving on this webinar panel are renowned for their personal lyrics that are more than merely confessional. Each panelist will address the significance o f Gluck’s being named the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and s hare their approaches to the “confessional\,” “personal\,” and/or autobi ographical school of poetry.\n\nClick here to register.\n\nFor more deta ils: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/getting-personal/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Getting Per sonal: American Women Poets and the Autobiographical Lyric,” A CALS “Unp recedented” Webinar

When it was announced that Jewish-American poet Louise Gluck had been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature, Gluck became the first woman poet from the United States to win the pre stigious honor. Using this “unprecedented” announcement as a launch poin t, this webinar features three women poets whose work, like Gluck’s own, has alternately been described as “confessional” and “personal.” The “c onfessional” school of poetry originated in the United States in the mid -twentieth-century, and important poets such as Sylvia Plath, Adrienne R ich, and Anne Sexton have been associated with that school. Yet Gluck an d her readers have argued that her lyrics are more than merely “confessi onal” in mode, though they are undeniably personal and autobiographical. Likewise, the three women poets serving on this webinar panel are renow ned for their personal lyrics that are more than merely confessional. Ea ch panelist will address the significance of Gluck’s being named the win ner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and share their approaches to the “confessional,” “personal,” and/or autobiographical school of poetry.

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For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e vent/getting-personal/

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