The Sylvia Plath Symposium at Hunter College, New York City

I am pleased to promote the Sylvia Plath Symposium at Hunter College in New York City which is to be held at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College on Thursday, 30 March 2023. The address of the venue is 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065.

The Symposium is organized by Paul Alexander, editor of Ariel Ascending: Writings about Sylvia Plath (1985), author of Rough Magic: A Biography of Sylvia Plath (1991), and author of Edge (2003), a one-woman play about Sylvia Plath.

The Keynote speakers are Kathleen Chalfant reading Plath's poems followed by a conversation between Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem..

Before that, throughout the day, there will be three panels including the following participants, in alphabetical order, is Susan Cheever, Heather Clark, Mark Doty, Amanda Golden, Richard Kaye, Donna Masini, Honor Moore, Eva Salzman, Vijay Seshadri, and Peter K. Steinberg.

I will be participating in Panel 1 on Plath's works with Amanda Golden and Vijay Seshadri. At the present time this panel is set to lead off the Symposium at 9:30 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE: More information will be available in the coming days regarding the time of panels and the Keynote, as well as information on how to register for the event, which will be free and open to the public. In addition to the Symposium website, updates will appear on this blog post and on my Twitter, so please make sure to check back.

To sum:

Title: The Sylvia Plath Symposium at Hunter College
Date: Thursday, 30 March 2023
Website: Click Here (more information to be added)
Location: Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Address: 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065

Registration:
Register for in-person attendance here.

To attend virtually via Zoom link, click here.

Closest Subways:
6 at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue
F, Q at Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street (by the former Barbizon Hotel)
N, R, W at Lexington Avenue and 59th Street
N, R, W at 5th Avenue and 59th Street

Times:
Panel 1: 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Panel 2: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Panel 3: 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Keynote at 6:00 p.m.

All links accessed 10, 11, and 15 February 2023.

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