April 2010
The best thing about the annual Associated Writing Programs conference is seeing people I haven't seen in years, and listening to what is new in the world of writing, small and university presses, and creative writing programs across the country.
The big highlight for me this year was not the panel presentation I was part of, but the one I attended on poets who write for opera. This has been a passion of mine for a while now, and it is the main topic of my doctoral dissertation.
As Kate Gale noted, it is a small world, poets who work on libretti, but I would like to see that change. As I look forward to the opening of Amelia at the Seattle Opera, with its libretto written by the poet Gardner McFall, and to the Rio de Sangre (Kate Gale & Don Davis) opening this fall at Opera Florentine, I'm encouraged that even in a period when most opera companies are scaling back their productions, these contemporary operas are still making it to the stage.
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