Jim Cummins' post yesterday about the video loop in the elevators at the recent AWP conference in Chicago caused a bit of confusion. Turns out, the videos were provided by Motionpoems, a Minneapolis-based organization that connects poets with animators. Here's one of the poem/videos you may have seen/heard. It's of Erin Belieu's terrific poem "When At a Certain Party in New York City" that was chosen by Kevin Young for the Best American Poetry 2011.
— sdh