AWP Panel: 50 Years of FIELD

Fifty Years of FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, with David Walker, David Young, Kazim Ali

Since 1969, FIELD Magazine has been known as one of the country’s leading journals of contemporary poetry and poetics. In 2019, FIELD will publish its 100th and final issue. This panel, featuring two founding editors and three later additions, will discuss the magazine’s history and values, including its annual symposium of essays on the work of a major poet, its commitment to translation, and its openness to a wide variety of voices, both established and emerging.