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Sign up for our listserv by sending an email to wwk.info@gmail.com, and you will receive news about our upcoming presenters and events.
The Gypsy Poetry Slam is unique in that it features all women poets from across the nation and is sponsored by the Kentucky Women Writers Conference. A “gypsy poet” is a term for a traveling poet who tours and competes nationall. Our 2010 Gypsy Slam Poet will be announced soon.
The 2009 Gypsy Poetry Slam at Victorian Square opened the conference on Thursday night, September 10, 2009. Rachel McKibbens was our headliner and celebrity judge. This event was co-sponsored by UKs Center for Research on Violence Against Women.
The Sonia Series, initiated to honor Miss Sanchez's indelible spirit, brings a major thinker in multicultural and human rights issues to Lexington, to travel our city's neighborhoods performing a series of intimate lectures, and small group sessions. The distinguished guest's visit culminates in a keynote address, free and open to all.
The 2009 Sonia Sanchez series featured Gina McCauley.
This reading celebrates the role of mentorship and collaboration in women writers' lives and honors the friendship of Lexington natives Elizabeth Hardwick and Gayl Jones.
On Saturday, September 12, 2009, Elizabeth Alexander and Honoree Fanonne Jeffers shared the podium at Memorial Hall, University of Kentucky, for a keynote reading and conversation, following by a book-signing.
