THURSDAY, MARCH 28
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
9 a.m.: And the Earth Did Not Devour Us: Writers Who Worked the Fields
11 a.m.: Signing at Terrain
4:30 p.m.: Beyond the Page: Literature and Multimedia Adaptations
7:15 p.m.: Indigenous-Aboriginal American Writers Caucus
Patricia Smith
9 a.m.: We’re Here and We’re Queer: LGBTQ Women Tell Their Stories
Justin Phillip Reed
9 a.m.: How To Eat Your Watermelon in Mixed Company (and Enjoy It)
12 p.m.: Radiance versus Ordinary Light: A Tribute to Carl Phillips
2 p.m.: Book signing of Indecency at the Coffee House Press booth
Vi Khi Nao
9 a.m.: Be Your Own Agent
12 p.m.: Vietnam Is a 7 Letter Word
7 p.m. (Offsite): Center Justify
9 p.m. (Offsite): Bat City at Voodoo Donuts
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
10:30 a.m.: Translation as the Art of Reincarnation
Sun Yung Shin
10:30 a.m.: Shape-Shifting Lineages: Conjuring the Feminine Divine, Power, and Creation
Dawn Lundy Martin
12 p.m.: Radiance versus Ordinary Light: A Tribute to Carl Phillips
1:30 p.m.: A Reading & Conversation with Dawn Lundy Martin, Morgan Parker, and Evie Shockley
Bao Phi
12 p.m.: Leaping off the Page: The Poet and the Picture Book
Emily Gould
12 p.m.: Show Me the Money: Making Ends Meet in the Literary World
Elena Passarello
12 p.m.: Crafting the Short Form
Ander Monson
12 p.m.: Reclaiming the Mine: Nonfiction Writers Explore Mining as Method and Metaphor
Dan Beachy-Quick
12 p.m.: Traveling Stanzas & Poets For Science Reading
Hieu Minh Nguyen
1:30 p.m.: Give a Good Reading
V. V. Ganeshananthan
3 p.m.: More Than a Witness: Writing Social Change
David Mura
4:30 p.m.: Intersectionality: What It Is and Why It Matters in Creative Writing
Kelly Forsythe
7:15 p.m.: Women’s Caucus
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
10:30 a.m.: The Invisible Trenches: Gender, Race, and Class in Creative Writing
Bao Phi
10:30 a.m.: Behind the Book: Navigating the Paths to Publication
Wang Ping
12 p.m.: AWP Award Series Reading
Trisha Low
1:30 p.m.: Hold for Oprah: Connecting with Literary Influencers & Bloggers
LeAnne Howe
1:30 p.m.: On the 20th Anniversary of Tupelo Press, a Celebration of Native poets
3:30 p.m.: Book signing of Savage Conversations at the Coffee House Press booth
Vi Khi Nao
12 p.m. (Offsite): Book Signing of Sheep Machine
8 p.m. (Offsite): Nightboat & Black Sun
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
4 p.m. (Offsite): AWP Release Party for Counter-Desecration
5:15 p.m.: Tupelo Press Native Voices: Reading and Launch Party
SATURDAY, MARCH 30
Wang Ping
9 a.m.: Exophonic Writing in America
Trisha Low
9 a.m.: “You’re Already Doing It!”—Tips and Tricks for Small Press Authors
Sun Yung Shin
10:30 a.m.: It’s Complicated: Writing Poetry from Multiple Subjectives
Patricia Smith
10:30 a.m.: Poetry Celebrates
Ashley Toliver
11:30 a.m.: Book signing of Spectra at the Coffee House Press booth
Chris Fischbach
12 p.m.: Keeping the Boat Afloat: Challenges of Sustainable Nonprofit Publishing
Karen Tei Yamashita
3 p.m.: Reading & Conversation: Marcia Douglas, Indira Ganesan, and Karen Tei Yamashita