Everything I'm Doing at AWP & All the Things I'm Not Doing But Looking Forward to Attending
Hi! Here is everything I’m doing at AWP in a single index card, but below that are additional details + also some shameless pleas to come see me + (below that) two additional readings that I’ll definitely be going to, that I’d love to see you at too:
On Thursday Feb. 8 from 10am-11am I’ll be at the University of Arizona Press booth (821) signing copies of Extended Stay. That’s booth 821! If this is at all an incentive, just know that (1) I’ll be so happy and surprised that you made it over there for a novel that has been out already for a little over a year but also (2) I’ll be 100% happy to sign the book and doodle anything you like on the book proper (if you like) and also do a custom Post-it drawing right on the spot for you. You can also literally just stop by and say hi and not buy a book!
On Friday Feb. 9 from 5pm-6:30pm, I’ll be part of this offsite reading featuring University of Illinois and Northwestern alumni and faculty! It’ll happen at the Strange Days Brewing Co. (318 Oak St). I’m reading a very short excerpt from a new thing, and I get to read alongside Mary Biddinger, Simone Muench, Jackie K. White, Christine Sneed, Beth McDermott, Jeremy T. Wilson, Faisal Mohyuddin, and Rebecca Morgan Frank.
Finally, on Saturday Feb. 10 from 10:35am-11:50am, I’ll be doing a panel on everything we had to unlearn when working on second books, alongside Julie Iromuanya, Jimin Han, and Ted Wheeler! Here’s the link to the official page! And here’s the description: We want to believe that writing is cumulative—that we benefit from habit and repetition—and it’s true, the more we write, the more we know about writing. But what works on one project might not translate to the next. Much of the work we need to do is unlearning, a willingness to go back to not knowing, so we can explore the possibilities of not being fully sure of ourselves. In this panel, four novelists discuss their unlearning and what they left behind as they embarked on new projects.
Room 2502A, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2
Saturday, February 10, 2024
10:35 am to 11:50 am
THE TWO OFF-SITE EVENTS I’M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT!
I feel tremendously lucky to be an editor for Jackleg Press, and they’ll have a reading with Another Chicago Magazine on Thursday Feb. 8 from 12pm-2pm. The info is here! And here it is as a screencap:
And I’ve been lucky to teach for the SPS Northwestern creative writing program, and some of my favorite students and faculty are going to be reading! And I’m so excited to see them. I’ve pasted the info below:
NU Graduate and Faculty Reading at AWP: Kansas City Edition
presented by the MFA in Prose and Poetry and MA in Writing Programs at SPS
Date: Thursday, February 8
Doors: 5:30pm
Program: 6pm
Location: HiTides Coffee (519 E. 18th – Kansas City, MO)
Northwestern University's MA in Writing & MFA in Prose and Poetry Programs will host a special Graduate and Faculty Reading in connection with this year’s Association for Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Kansas City, MO. The reading will feature current faculty Paula Carter and Faisal Mohyuddin, and alumni Audrey Fierberg, Holly Stovall, and Ankur Thakkar. Faculty Director Christine Sneed will host and emcee. Snacks and mingling begin at 5:30pm. Program begins at 6pm. Admission is free and open to the public, and no registration is required.
