{"id":1980,"date":"2025-10-22T16:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/?page_id=1980"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:40:58","slug":"paideuma-symposia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/paideuma-symposia\/","title":{"rendered":"Paideuma Symposia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beginning with volume 44,&nbsp;<em>Paideuma<\/em>&nbsp;began publishing an annual symposium. The first was planned with former editorial assistant Jill Hughes and subsequent editorial assistants have played a crucial role in determining the topic and inviting participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of our goals at the outset was to expand the range of contributors to the journal and to widen its horizon beyond that of\u00a0<em>Paideuma<\/em>\u2018s original, Poundian commitments. We feel that the roster of poets and scholars who have participated and the perspectives they have opened up marks the initiative as a success. <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_edb33e-03 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_edb33e-03 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1980_edb33e-03\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seventh Symposium<\/strong><br><em>Poetry and the Nonhuman<\/em><br><strong>Volume 53 (2026)<\/strong><br>(in production)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contributors<\/em>: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Laurie Clark and Thomas A. Clark, Allison Cobb, Stuart Cooke, Laura Da\u2019, Josephine Donovan, Gabriel Gudding, Jen Hadfield, Rebecca Hawkes, Brenda Hillman, Bhanu Kapil, Dominic\u202fO\u2019Key, Sydney Read, Henk Rossouw, Eleni Sikelianos, Jonathan Skinner, Stacy Szymaszek.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_395f24-cd .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_395f24-cd .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1980_395f24-cd\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Sixth Symposium<\/strong><br><em>Poems and Places<\/em><br><strong>Volumes 51 and 52 (2024 and 2025)<\/strong><br>(in production)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contributors<\/em>: Lucy Alford, Eric Gary Anderson, Patrick Barron, Kimberly Blaeser, Joel Bettridge, John Burns, Norma Cole, Michael Davidson, Joseph Donahue, Marcella Durand, Roger Gilbert, Fiona Green, Rachel Hadas, Josh Hoeynck, Cynthia Hogue, LeAnne Howe, Grant Jenkins, Megan Kaminski, John Kinsella, Charles Kraszewski, Michael Leong, David Lloyd, Zachary Ludington, Krishna Mehrota, Laura Mullen, Ken Norris, Gillian Osborne, Eugene Ostashevsky, Robert Dale Parker, Marjorie Perloff, Zhaoming Qian, Dean Rader, Samia Rahimtoola, Lisa Samuels, James Sherry, Eleni Sikelianos, Zo\u00eb Skoulding, Harriet Tarlo, Karen Van Dyck, Pasquale Verdicchio, Don Wellman, Rob Sean Wilson, Stephanie Young, and Sandra Zagarell<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_7274f6-4d .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_7274f6-4d .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1980_7274f6-4d\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/e48518917\">Fifth Symposium<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/e48518917\"><br><\/a><em>Poems We Live With<\/em><br><strong>Volume 50 (2023)<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A Japanese print on the cover of Paideuma 50\" class=\"wp-image-1947\" style=\"width:493px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-102x140.jpg 102w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-317x436.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-423x582.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-634x872.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-846x1163.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a-951x1307.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2025\/10\/pai-50a.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,745px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contributors<\/em>: Charles Altieri, Tyler Babbie and Katelyn Kenderish, Massimo Bacigalupo, Jennifer Bartlett, Anne Boyer Andrea Brady, Franklin Bruno, Chris Chen, Kate Colby, Ann Cotten, Jordan Davis, Paul Eaton, Jack Foley, Stephen Fredman, Nora Fulton, Chris Funkhouser, Florian Gargaillo, Gary Geddes, Mary Ellis Gibson, Mushira Habib, Matthew Hoffer, Walt Hunter, Jack Jung, Daniel Kane Lynn Keller, Joy Ladin, Tim Lilburn, James Longenbach, Jill Magi, Shaul Magid, Leslie Morris, Miriam Nichols, Richard Owens, Jared Pearce, Seth Perlow, Jed Rasula, Brian Reed, Rhea C\u00f4t\u00e9 Robbins, Margaret Ronda, Claude Royet-Journoud Linda Russo, Siobhan Scarry, Andrew Schelling, David Levi Strauss, Maeera Yaffa Shreiber, Eric Selland, Courtney Weiss Smith, Keston Sutherland, and John Yau. With a preface by Roland Greene<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_2ed53d-7f .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_2ed53d-7f .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1980_2ed53d-7f\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/e48512526\">Fourth Symposium<\/a><\/strong><br><em>Literature and War<\/em><br><strong>Volume 47 (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1980_dace25-2e.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image1980_dace25-2e .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:491px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image1980_dace25-2e.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image1980_dace25-2e .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image1980_dace25-2e{max-width:491px;}.image-is-svg.kb-image1980_dace25-2e{-webkit-flex:0 1 100%;flex:0 1 100%;}.image-is-svg.kb-image1980_dace25-2e img{width:100%;}.kb-image1980_dace25-2e .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1980_dace25-2e size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Thumbnail of cover for Paideuma volume 47\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-473\" width=\"840px\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-1361x2048.jpg 1361w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-317x477.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-423x636.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-634x954.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-846x1273.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-951x1431.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-1268x1908.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai47-a-scaled.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,681px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contributors<\/em>: Ammiel Alcalay, Ifi Amadume, Merle L. Bachman, Steve Benson, Richard Berengarten, Stephen Collis, Adam Gilbert-Berry, Pierre Joris, Mona Kareem, Ann Keniston, Phil Klay, Howard McCord, Tracie Morris, Murat Nemet-Nejat, Pina Piccolo, Kristin Prevallet\/Yamuna Sangarasivam, Nahid Rachlin, Anthony Rudolf, Brooke Sheridan, Ryan Stovall, Jonathan Vincent, Mark Wallace, Robert Whelan, Shira Baron Wolosky, Wormser, and Rachel Zolf. With an afterword by Philip Metres.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_0339b9-ec .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_0339b9-ec .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1980_0339b9-ec\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/e48508499\">Third Symposium<\/a><\/strong><br><em>Community<\/em><br><strong>Volume 46 (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-666x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Thumbnail of cover for Paideuma volume 46\" class=\"wp-image-472\" style=\"width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-999x1536.jpg 999w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-91x140.jpg 91w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-317x488.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-423x651.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-634x975.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-846x1301.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001-951x1463.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai46_0001.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,666px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contributors<\/em>: Jacqueline Ardam, Clint Burnham, Cris Cheek, Cheryl Clarke, Peter Coviello, Ray DeJesus, Kristin Dykstra, Alec Finlay, Norman Fischer, Michael Kelleher, Hank Lazer, David Marriott, James Maynard, Peter O\u2019Leary, Bob Perelman, The Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Recovery Project (Elizabeth Renker, Jolie Braun, S. E. Andres, Larry Michaels), David Pritchard, Suzanne Stein, Gillian White, and John Wilkinson. With an afterword by Andrew Epstein.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_f24f69-e0 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_f24f69-e0 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1980_f24f69-e0\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/e48506933\">Second Symposium<\/a><\/strong><br><em>Literary History<\/em><br><strong>Volume 45 (2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai45.png\" alt=\"Thumbnail of cover for Paideuma volume 45\" class=\"wp-image-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai45.png 457w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai45-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai45-96x140.png 96w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai45-317x462.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai45-423x616.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,457px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contributors<\/em>: H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Aji, Gregory Betts, James Brophy, David Buuck, Cristina Giorcelli, Kaiser Haq, Jeanne Heuving, Erin Kappeler, J. Peter Moore, Chris Nealon, Nancy Ellen Ogle, Josephine Park, Joshua Schuster, Lytle Shaw, Brian Kim Stefans, Erica Weaver, and Tyrone Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_20b7d4-dd .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1980_20b7d4-dd .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1980_20b7d4-dd\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/i40222351\">First Symposium<\/a><\/strong><br><em>\u201cIn what sense does the work to which you are committed share in the renovation of society?\u201d<\/em><br><strong>Volume 44 (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1184\" height=\"1780\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1.jpg\" alt=\"Thumbnail of cover for Paideuma volume 44\" class=\"wp-image-470\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-317x477.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-423x636.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-634x953.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-846x1272.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2023\/02\/pai44-1-951x1430.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1184px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Contributors<\/em>: Rachel Tzvia Back, Sarah Barnsley, Allison Cobb, Commune Editions, Maria Damon, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Norman Finkelstein, Alan Golding, Michael Heller, David Herd, Laura Hinton, Linda A. Kinnahan, Ann Lauterbach, Philip Metres, Malgorzata Myk, A. L. Nielsen, Jean-Michel Rabat\u00e9, Dale Smith, Askia M. Tour\u00e9, David Trinidad, Keith Tuma, Ann Vickery, Fred Wah, and Jerome McGann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning with volume 44,&nbsp;Paideuma&nbsp;began publishing an annual symposium. The first was planned with former editorial assistant Jill Hughes and subsequent editorial assistants have played a crucial role in determining the topic and inviting participants. 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