Poetry and Writing Schedule

Time

Title – Presenters • Room

Thur. Aug 13, Noon

Poetry in Second Life – Meghamora Woodward, Phorkyad Acropolis • Elizabethan C

From manually typed lines to linereaders to muffled Skype calls to clear voice chat, poetry readings have been a longtime part of the Second Life artistic experience. Not only is Second Life an excellent place for writers to share existing work with a worldwide community, but the experience of Second Life itself can be a powerful poetic inspiration. We will invite Second Life poets in San Francisco and in-world to share some of their work, and stage a blended-reality production of Zayante Hegel’s “Orphan Train” suite of poems, originally performed in Second Life in September of 2008.

Fri. Aug 14, 2:00

Media: Blogging in SL - “The Making of Second Life: The SLCC Afterword” – Hamlet Au • Elizabethan D

Hamlet Au brings SLCC attendees up to date on the state of SL and the Lindens since he wrote and published HarperCollins’ *The Making of Second Life* last year, based on his experiences as the Lindens’ “embedded journalist” from 2003-06, the author of the independent SL blog New World Notes (nwn.blogs.com), and contributing editor to Internet business blog GigaOM.com. Where’s the world going and what does it need, to truly become the next generation of the Internet? Hamlet offers his thoughts here!

Sat. Aug 15, 5:00p

What We Learned From Blogging About Second Life – Hamlet Au, Host, with ArminasX Saiman, Bettina Tizzy, Dusan Writer • California West

Join leading Second Life bloggers ArminasX Saiman (secondeffects.com), Bettina Tizzy (npirl.blogspot.com), and Dusan Writer (dusanwriter.com) in a spirited and educational conversation on what they learned from SL blogging, and how it impacted them as SL business people and community members. With tips and advice for other Residents who’d like to blog too. Hosted by Hamlet Au (nwn.blogs.com)

Sun. Aug 16, Noon

The Spoken Word with Skylar Smythe – Skylar Smythe • Grand Ballroom

Join Second Life™ spoken word celeb Skylar Smythe for a live mic poetry event, where audience members are invited to share their writing in true coffee house style! Highlights from the live performances will be video recorded and presented on YouTube™ and a promotional gift will be provided to the first 25 attendees compliments of www.avatarwrites.com.

Sun. Aug 16, 1:00p

SL, The Great Poetry Equalizer – Manx Wharton • California West

This workshop will explore some of the advantages of Second Life as a nearly ideal platform for offsetting the traditional challenges that poets face in developing and distributing their craft and demolishes barricades for new, emergent, and establishing writers. It will also feature readings by some of SL’s best poets, involvement from some of the most successful reading organizers on the Grid, and direct work with those interested in the mechanics of successful readings and workshops.