For those of you without plans, here's a link to the Writers Conferences and Centers' list of writing conferences and retreats. If you've never attended a writers conference, I completely recommend one. Of course the quality varies from program to program, but the ability to immerse oneself entirely in writing for a whole day or week or month... it's fantastic. I attended the Washington University Summer Writer's Camp in 2000 and I loved it. I met lovely people and was so grateful just to talk so much about poetry for two whole weeks! (I just pulled up the program's home page and was amused to find a quote from me on their sidebar. Name's misspelled though.) One of my favorite poems was written during this conference. I can't wait to attend another.
Maybe I'll round up some mountain lions in Zion and we'll compose sonnets to the arches.
