The 22nd Annual Robinson Jeffers Association Conference
February 19-21, 2016, Carmel Woman's Club, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
"Jeffers and Carmel: The Early Years”
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM*
Friday, February 19
5:00 – 7:00 pm: Opening Reception, Tor House
Saturday, February 20
8:30am: Continental Breakfast
9:00: President’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
Geneva Gano, Texas State University, San Marcos
9:15: Session I: Jeffers’ Enduring Themes
Chair, Jim Baird
“'Cheap Fausts and Vulgar Magicians': Science, Technology and Fate in Jeffers”
Robert Zaller, Drexel University
“Jeffers and the Reality of Death”
Brett Colasacco, University of Chicago
10:30: Session II: Jeffers’ Poetic Forms in Context
Chair, Rob Kafka
“Robinson Jeffers and the California Shore Ode”
Kevin Batten, University of California, Irvine
“Narrative Poetry in 1916: Jeffers, Masters, Frost”
Geneva M. Gano, Texas State University
11:45-12:45: Lunch @ Woman’s Club
Sandwiches, salads, drinks ($15)
1:00: Presentation: Lawrence Clark Powell Award for Distinguished Scholarship to
James Karman
1:30: Session III: Sex and Gender in Early Jeffers
Chair, Geneva Gano
“‘When she’s nothing else to do:’ Women in ‘Peacock Ranch’ and ‘Roan Stallion’”
ShaunAnne Tangney, Minot State University
“Love Too Near: Jeffers’ Incest Theme”
Mick McAllister, Independent Scholar
2:30 -4:00: Break
"Jeffers in Carmel"–An informal walking tour of 30-40 minutes (weather permitting)
4:00: Refreshments /Announcements
4:15: Performance: Monologues from The Cretan Woman
Lili Bita, poet and actress
5:15: Screening: Nick Cominos’ ONCE UPON A SUNDAY, 1957 (35 min)
Introduction: Norris Pope
James Karman will moderate a post-screening discussion with Norris Pope, Director (Emeritus) of the Stanford University Press and scholar of literature and film; Milena Groseva Levy of De Anza College; and Joan Cominos, the wife of Nick Cominos.
Sunday, February 21
8:30: Coffee & Danish
9:00: Session IV: Jeffers’ Community: Life in Early Carmel
Chair, James Karman
“Honeyed Truth: Robinson Jeffers and the Myth of Carmel Point”
Dan Jensen, Independent Scholar
“Managing Robin: Una’s Life as the Poet’s Wife”
Kathleen Sonntag, Tor House Archivist
“George Sterling, Robinson Jeffers’ Friend and Advocate”
John Varady, Independent Scholar
10:30: RJA Annual Business Meeting
11:30: Action Committee Formation
RJA 2017 Conference Planning
RJA Online Planning: website, digital archives
RJA members are invited to attend and participate in these business meetings
Light refreshments will be available
*Program subject to change
Program as of February 16 2016