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Poet + Editor = Book
March 19, 2009
Poet Frank Giampietro M'02 joined editor April Ossmann to discuss the collaborative experience of publishing his poetry manuscript Begin Anywhere.
Click to enlarge photos by Shane Brill '03.
Vice President for College Relations & Marketing and published poet Meredith Davies Hadaway introduces Frank Giampietro and April Ossmann.
Frank Giampietro M'02 describes his reaction upon getting the call that his manuscript was accepted.
Both author and editor arrived at the title Begin Anywhere by independent coincidence when imagining the unifying theme of the manuscript.
Frank Giampietro M'02 recalls how April Ossmann's suggested revisions illuminated the extent to which she had pored over every line of his poems.
Representing the non-profit cooperative poetry press Alice James Books, April Ossmann explains the process of winnowing down between 750-850 manuscript submissions each year.
Members of the audience posed questions about the writing and editing process.
April Ossmann reads poems from her book Anxious Music.
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