When
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 9:00 AM PDT-to-
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 1:00 PM PST
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Paula Weinberger at 415-382-1660 or p.weinberger41@gmail.com or Theda and Oscar Firschein at 650-854-3980 or oscarf1@earthlink.net.
33nd Annual Great Books Poetry Weekend November 3-4, 2018
The Location: The lovely Vallombrosa Conference Center is within walking distance of downtown Menlo Park. Double and single rooms are available, each with their own private bathroom. All facilities, including parking, are conveniently located. Four buffet-style meals (lunch and dinner on Saturday; breakfast and lunch on Sunday) are included.
The Program: Join us for an intensive weekend of reading and discussing poetry led by trained facilitators. As an added attraction, following a wine and cheese reception on Saturday evening, there will be a reading by accomplished poet, Prartho Sereno. Upon registration, you will receive a packet of the poems to be discussed as well as logistical information. Please indicate below if you would like poems emailed or sent by regular mail.
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 30, 2018.
The price for the whole package will be: $210.00 per person (Past deadline $220.00) based on a double-occupancy room with two twin-size beds and its own bathroom. Single occupancy rooms are also available for $230.00 (Past deadline $240.00) --- i.e., your own twin bed and your own private bathroom. Commuters, those not staying over-night, will pay $160.00 (Past deadline $170.00) per person.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 21, 2018
CHECK IN: Saturday Morning, 9 AM - 9:45 AM: Coffee and Treats
SATURDAY MORNING DISCUSSIONS: 10-12 PM: Precarious Relationships: No Road by Philip Larkin, The Exchange by Tagore,Balance by Dorianne Laux, The Great Fires by Jack Gilbert, and Meditations By the Stove by Linda Pastan
LUNCH: 12 NOON - 1 PM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON DISCUSSIONS: 1:15-3:15:
Reflections: My Chinese Doctor by Prartho Sereno, Sestina by Elizabeth Bishop, The Still Time by Galway Kinnell, The Empty Glass by Louise Gluck, and Funeral: For Us His Gold by Alessandra Lynch
SATURDAY EVENING 5:00 PM: Pre-dinner wine and cheese party.
DINNER 6:00 PM
SATURDAY EVENING READING 7:00 - 9:00 PM:
Guest Poet
Prartho Sereno
Prartho Sereno is author of three prize-winning poetry collections: Indian Rope Trick, Elephant Raga, and Call from Paris. She is also author/illustrator of an award-winning gift-book, Causing a Stir: The Secret Lives & Loves of KitchenUtensils. She is a long-time California Poet in the Schools, teaches at the College of Marin, and was Poet Laureate of Marin County, 2015-2017.
Remembering Jan Fussell and Carol Hochberg
Prior to the poetry reading, friends of Jan and Carol will share memories of these two remarkable women who were instrumental in the development of the Poetry Weekend.
SUNDAY MORNING Breakfast 8 AM – 9:30
DISCUSSION 10:00 AM to Noon: Eternal Questions: “We Must Die Because We Have Known Them” by Rainer Maria Rilke, Stanzas by Emily Bronte,The Blind Leading the Blind by Lisel Mueller,Hymn to Beauty by Charles Baudelaire, and Brief Pause in the Organ Recital by Tomas Transtromer
LUNCH AND FAREWELL: 12 NOON
FOR A PRINTABLE REGISTRATION FORM WITH MORE DETAILS CLICK HERE. THIS FORM MAY BE POSTAL MAILED WITH YOUR CHECK.
TO REGISTER ONLINE AND PAY BY CREDIT CARD, PAYPAL, OR BY CHECK CLICK ON THE "Register Now!" BELOW.