NWP General Session

When: Friday, 9:30–11:30am
Where: Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, Liberty Ballroom

Join your colleagues at the NWP General Session on Friday morning. This gathering of writing project teachers, site leaders, educators, and special guests is the keystone event of the Annual Meeting. No registration is required.

Poet Laureate Billy Collins

This year's general session will feature two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, who will read from his work and speak about the art and craft of writing poetry. Collins is the Claire Berman Artist in Residence at The Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, MA, and a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York.

Read about Collins' mission to bring good contemporary poetry that is accessible and pleasurable to students in schools across the nation. More ›

Other Featured Speakers

The meeting will also include remarks by

• Sharon J. Washington, Executive Director of the National Writing Project
• Carol Jago, President-Elect of the National Council of Teachers of English
• Vanessa Brown, Director of the Philadelphia Writing Project.