This weekend, I’ll be at a couple of writing-related events in Oregon, if you’re in the area and want to say hi. On Saturday, April 19, I’ll be down in McMinnville at the Terroir Creative Writing Festival, held on the Yamhill campus of Chemeketa Community College. I went last year in support of my friend […]
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Lit Crawl Portland and Wordstock 2016
I’m taking a short break from NaNoWriMo this weekend to catch a train to Portland, OR and attend Lit Crawl and Wordstock, two of the year’s biggest literary events in one of my favorite literary cities! I wrote about Wordstock last year, but this year I’ll be volunteering (I’ll be a door monitor), so in addition toContinue reading “Lit Crawl Portland and Wordstock 2016”
AWP 2016: the bookfair haul and the photos
I keep thinking about recapping the last of my AWP experience, but I realized that everything I forgot to say the last few posts — events I witnessed, readings I attended, sites I saw — I can also show you through the pix I took: Los Angeles If you’ve been following the last week’s posts, you knowContinue reading “AWP 2016: the bookfair haul and the photos”
AWP 2016: Day 3: All the books and all the hugs
It is late Saturday night. I am exhausted. I have blisters the size of my thumbs from the daily 2.5-mile walk from my hotel to the conference and back (not to mention all the walking in between, in search of books and in search of presses and in search of panels and in search ofContinue reading “AWP 2016: Day 3: All the books and all the hugs”
AWP 2016: Day 2: the writing life and The Great Sewanee Reunion
I only hit one panel today. The rest of my time I spent in the bookfair, meeting folks — most of them from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Which has been lovely! I started the morning (after the construction woke me at 6 am) with breakfast at the celebrated Original Pantry Café. Remember my plane-mate fromContinue reading “AWP 2016: Day 2: the writing life and The Great Sewanee Reunion”
AWP 2016: Day 1: LA, the bookfair, and hanging with writers
I’m writing this post in two parts. I began it in the morning, wearily sipping coffee at the desk in my hotel room, but I will finish it late tonight. This morning I’m writing about my journey here last night and my exhaustion (already!?) this morning; later, I’ll recap the day. The trip here, really,Continue reading “AWP 2016: Day 1: LA, the bookfair, and hanging with writers”
AWP 2016: a guide (of sorts)
Every year, writers and publishers put out all manner of guides to AWP: panel guides, readings guides, bookfair guides, etiquette guides, bar guides, survival guides . . . . I’m not going to chime in much, because there are plenty of other guides for you to choose from. But I will share a few things on myContinue reading “AWP 2016: a guide (of sorts)”
AWP 2016: Where to find me and my books
So, it’s that time of year again: the annual orgy of drinking and books that is the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference and bookfair, where writers emerge from our writing spaces and squint in the light as we greet each other with, “Oh, I know you on Facebook!” This year is going to be a bit different forContinue reading “AWP 2016: Where to find me and my books”
Wordstock 2015
I’m still earning my Portland literary street cred, y’all. Case in point: somehow, even though I’ve been in Portland for a handful of years now, this year was my first Wordstock. For folks not in the know, Wordstock is Portland’s massive literary festival. Or, one of them, anyway: just last month, we had the Pacific NorthwestContinue reading “Wordstock 2015”
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