With only a couple of months left until the 2012 AWP Conference in Chicago, IL, I figured it was about time to get this humble blog looking the part. I’ve given the site a facelift, reorganized a few things (check out the new contributors page), and have tidied up a Read More ...
I tend to spill purple ink, but I no longer care much that I come off a smidgen sentimental. Here a few of my favorite things from AWP Washington: Caleb Ross A girl named Jen over the moon for Jhumpa My graduate school’s esprit de corps — both Goddard & Mizzou Learning Read More ...
There was an official AWP dance party last night. I didn’t go to that, but I certainly heard some rock and roll. Jhumpa Lahiri and Junot Diaz are rock stars of the literary world and it was incredible to see them live. Thursday night, Jhumpa was the keynote speaker. She Read More ...
A Tweet @ joylandfiction Day 1 of #AWP11 = much like the rest of my life: Standing by self quietly peoplewatching; stealing candy; reading; watching others drink. This tweet pretty well summed up my first day at AWP, which so happened to be the second day of the conference; a Read More ...
written at a bankrupt Borders somewhere on L Street because the conference site is void of free WiFi. By now you’ve noticed a few reoccurring things about AWP panels: There’s never enough water or coffee or candy nearby There are never enough handouts The presenters mostly seemed surprised to be Read More ...
Awaiting a flight to take me to the AWP conference in DC, I can’t help but think about the place of airports in my writing life. To me, airports present one ginormous prompt or at the very least a bunch of micro-prompts. Arrival and departures. All the people and their Read More ...
Poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers examines the poet as critic on her panel called Changing Chords: The African American Poet as Critic at this year's conference.
