Asian American Poetry Retreat
Fordham University, Rose Hill · New York City · June 20 - 24, 2012
Application Period: December 15 - February 1
This project is made possible by lead funding from Fordham University and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Introduction
In order to help mentor the next generation of Asian American poets, Kundiman sponsors an annual Poetry Retreat in parternship with Fordham University. During the Retreat, nationally renowned Asian American poets conduct workshops with fellows. Readings, writing circles and informal social gatherings are also be scheduled. Through this Retreat, Kundiman hopes to provide a safe and instructive environment that identifies and addresses the unique challenges faced by emerging Asian American poets. This 5-day Retreat takes place from Wednesday to Sunday. Workshops will not exceed eight students.
Writing Workshop
A nationally renowned Asian American poet facilitates each writing workshop. Workshops consist of writing exercises and group discussion on fellows' poems. Fellows are expected to workshop new poems-- poems written at retreat. In order to help foster relationships between fellows themselves, fellows are assigned a home group for the duration of the retreat. The faculty rotates in the work-shopping of each home group.
Lincoln Center Reading
Come and celebrate the new poems as 2012 Faculty and Fellows read for the public.
June 22
Fordham Lincoln Center 113 W. 60th Street (at Columbus Avenue)
12th Floor Lounge
Directions
Take A, B, C, D & 1 trains to Columbus Circle.
Exit at 60th Street & Broadway. Go west of Columbus Avenue.
Upon entering the glass doors inform the security desk that you are attending the Asian American Poetry event. Take escalators up 1 floor to Plaza level. Take elevator up to the 11th floor. Take stairs 1 flight up to the 12th Floor. Enter 12th Floor Lounge
Mentoring: Conferring and Connections
Faculty members schedule one-on-one conferences with participants. Prior to arriving, fellows submit a request indicating their order of preference as to which poet they would like to meet one-on-one.
Location
The Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat is held on Fordham University's beautiful Rose Hill Campus located in the Bronx, NYC.
2012 Faculty
Tung-Hui Hu is the author of three books of poems: The Book of Motion (2003), Mine (2007), and Greenhouses, Lighthouses, forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press. Described as a "contained surreal style that deftly shapes a philosophical argument" (Los Angeles Times), his writing has appeared in The New Republic, Ploughshares, Gastronomica and Martha Stewart Living Radio. Hu teaches poetry and film/media studies at the University of Michigan, where he is assistant professor of English.
Truong Tran is a poet and visual artist. His publications include, The Book of Perceptions (Kearny Street Workshop 1999, finalist in The Kiriyama Book Prize), Placing The Accents (Apogee Press 1999, finalist in the Western States Book Prize for Poetry), dust and conscience (Apogee Press 2000, awarded the San Francisco Poetry Center Book Prize), within the margin (Apogee Press 2004) and Four Letter Words (Apogee Press 2008). He is the recipient of three San Francisco Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Grants, An Arts Council of Silicon Valley Grant, a California Arts Council Grant, a Creative Work Fund Grant and a Fund For Poetry Grant. Truong lives and works in San Francisco and is currently the visiting Professor of Poetry at Mills College. Truong's collection Dust and Conscience was just published in Spanish. His artwork has been shown at Intersection for the Arts, Kearny Street Workshop, and the California Historical Society. In February of 2010, Truong had his first solo exhibition at The Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco. In 2011, Truong was a featured writer at The Poetry Festival International, in Rotterdam. In 2012 Truong, along with artist Peter max Lawrence, will have a two person show at SOMARTS Gallery entitled At War.
Pimone Triplett has published three books of poems, Rumor (2009), The Price of Light (2005) and Ruining the Picture (1998). She is also coeditor of the essay anthology, Poet’s Work, Poet’s Play (2008). Her work has appeared in such journals as American Poetry Review, Iowa Review, Denver Quarterly, Ploughshares, Poetry, and many other journals. Her poems have also been featured in several anthologies, including Contemporary Voices from the East (Norton), Legitimate Dangers (Sarabande), and Asian American Poets, the Next Generation (Univ. of Illinois). An Associate Professor at the University of Washington, she is current director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing. She has also taught in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers. Her mother is Thai and her father is Caucasian.
For a list of previous faculty members and guest poets, click here.
Fees
Tuition fee is $350. Room and Board is free to accepted Fellows.
Application Process
Application the Retreat is by electronic submission only.
Application for the 2012 Retreat is now closed.
Questions?
E-mail info@kundiman.org
Logistics
Retreat logistics for faculty, returning and newly accepted Fellows including travel information, forms and what to expect at the retreat can be found here.