Thursday, March 31
Allison Hedge Coke
6 A.M.: AWP Writer to Writer Program Reception
1:30 P.M.: Book signing at VCFA (Vermont College) table
6 P.M. (Offsite): Black Earth Institute Fellows Reading: Addressing Earth Spirit and Society in Poetry and Prose
Julie Iromuanya
12 P.M.: We Are Your Saviors: Faculty of Color Respond to the MFA vs POC Debate
3 P.M.: Smooth Criminals: What’s at Stake When We Break the Rules
Brian Evenson
1:30 P.M.: The Violence of the Page
Saeed Jones
1:30 P.M.: The Violence of the Page
Karen Yamashita
3 P.M.: Let’s Go Make Some Books: A Tribute to Coffee House Press Founder Allan Kornblum
Bao Phi
3 P.M.: Let’s Go Make Some Books: A Tribute to Coffee House Press Founder Allan Kornblum
7 P.M. (Offsite): Writers of Color, LGBTQ, and Disabled Writers Respond to White Privilege in Writing Programs and Publishing
David Mura
4:30 P.M.: Concentration Camps, USA: A Critical and Artistic Retrospective of Literatures of World War II Internment and Detention
Patricia Smith
3 P.M.: Beyond Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Far Out Poets Read Poems About the ’60s
Friday, April 1
Allison Hedge Coke
1:30 P.M.: Honoring 45 Years: A Tribute to Simon Ortiz
3:00 P.M.: Signing: Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas signing
7 P.M.: Red Dirt Reading
Julie Iromuanya
1 P.M.: Book signing: University of Central Florida Featured Alumni Writers
M. Evelina Galang
9 A.M.: Rebel Girls: Pushing Boundaries Across Landscapes, Cultures, and Confines
3 P.M.: Not Disappearing Into Americanness: Code-Switching as Cultural Preservation Through Language Conservation
Patricia Smith
10:30 A.M.: Black Bodies Matter
Steve Healey
3 P.M.: Creative Writing is for Everyone: Pedagogies for the 21st Century
Dawn Lundy Martin
8 P.M. (Offsite): Poetry Reading & Book Launch for What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America
Justin Philip Reed
10:30 A.M.: Black Bodies Matter
R. Zamora Linmark
4:30 P.M.: Intersectionality Squared: Queer POC Theater Artists on Writing, Performing, and Publishing
Saturday, April 2
Allison Hedge Coke
1 P.M.: Book signing of Streaming
Linda Hogan
3 P.M.: (Still) Got the Juice: Fierce Writing by Women Poets of a Certain Age
Saeed Jones
4:30 P.M.: Panel Discussion: Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll: Poem Pairings
David Mura
7:00 P.M. (Offsite): Writers of Color: More Urgent Now Than Ever
M. Evelina Galang
7:00 P.M. (Offsite): Writers of Color: More Urgent Now Than Ever: The Falls Lounge
T. Geronimo Johnson
10:30 A.M.: The Global MFA: Travel, Displacement, and Writing
Alexs Pate
4:30 P.M.: Calling White Allies: What White Writers Can Do to Foster Inclusion and Support People of Color
Laird Hunt
4:30 P.M.: Diversifying Historical Fiction