The 2011 Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books will feature two interactive reading programs — one for fiction and one for poetry — in which audience members get to do even more than ask some questions. They create the program. Modeled on Robert Pinsky’s Favorite Poem Project, Impact! Fiction and Impact! Poetry of Importance asks festival goers and presenters alike read from pieces written by someone else that have been important in their lives.
Impact! Poetry of Importance (Moderated by John Lehman) – Saturday, June 18 at 5:30 p.m.
Impact! Poetry of Importance (Moderated by John Lehman) – Saturday, June 18 at 5:30 p.m.
Near your desk, on a bulletin board, do you have a crumpled, yellowed poem that you look at almost every day? Do you use this poem as a bookmark or include a line from it at the bottom of all your emails? This poem has clearly had impact on you, and you carry it with you throughout your life. Come to this hour and share in a celebration of language! Those who are sharing an impact poem should keep their reading to no more than two minutes; there will be a timer present.
Impact! Fiction (Moderated by Kathie Giorgio) – Saturday, June 18 at 11:30 a.m.
Impact! Fiction (Moderated by Kathie Giorgio) – Saturday, June 18 at 11:30 a.m.
Somewhere in your house, do you have a dog-eared book that you pick up to read over and over again? Many of us have a paragraph or two that has resonated in our lives, stuck with us over the years, and pops to mind when we find ourselves in certain situations. What piece of fiction has affected your life? What piece of fiction do you use to affect others? Come to this hour and share in a celebration of language! Those who are sharing a piece of impact fiction should keep their reading to no more than two minutes; there will be a timer present. Let’s see how much of an impact we can bring to each other!