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2019 AWP Conference Schedule Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm W101. Conference Registration, Sponsored by Butler University MFA in Creative Writing Registration Area, Exhibit Hall A, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 Attendees who have registered in advance, or who have yet to purchase a registration, may secure their registration materials in AWP’s registration area located in Exhibit Hall A of the Oregon Convention Center, Level 1. Please consult the bookfair map in the conference planner for location details. Students must present a valid student ID to check-in or register at our student rate. Seniors must present a valid ID to register at our senior rate. A $50 fee will be charged for all replacement registrations. 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm The Festival of Language 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97202 Cost: Free Url: https://www.facebook.com/events/2074858549271806/ The Festival of Language will feature over fifty rapid-fire readings of original creative works by as many authors. This event will also include reading experiments. Check out Festival of Language on Facebook for a complete list of readers. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Poets of Finishing Line Press Black Hat Books, 2831 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR 97212 Cost: Free Url: https://www.facebook.com/events/2291340177589625/ Fourteen poets recently published by Finishing Line Press and living in the Pacific Northwest will read snippets of their work. There will be wine and snacks. Readers include Heidi Seaborn, Douglas Cole, Kristin Berger, Julene T. Weaver, Don Colburn, Suzanne Sigafoos, Brittney Corrigan, Dawn Marar, Joe Soldati, Dianne Stepp, Judith Montgomery, MaryAnn L. Miller, Leanne Grabel, and J.D. Smith. 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm Writers Who Play White Eagle Saloon, 836 N Russell St, Portland, OR 97227 Cost: Free Url: https://www.mcmenamins.com/white-eagle-saloon-hotel/white-eagle Ken Waldman and Jim Clark will reprise Writers Who Play one time only in Portland! Come to the White Eagle Saloon on Wednesday night to hear some of your favorite writers who are also musicians ("Writers Who Play") perform various eclectic and highly entertaining combinations of music and writing. Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:00 am to 6:00 pm R105. Dickinson Quiet Space VIP Suite D, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2 A dedicated quiet space for you to collect your thoughts, unwind, and escape the literary commotion. Please consult the map in the conference planner for detailed location. "There is a solitude of space, / A solitude of sea, / A solitude of death, but these / Society shall be, / Compared with that profounder site, / That polar privacy, / A Soul admitted to Itself: / Finite Infinity." —Emily Dickinson 9:00 am to 10:15 am R113. Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Writers on Employment Outside of Academia A106, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 ( Wendy J Fox, Daniel Olivas, Teow Lim Goh, Yuvi Zalkow, David Abrams) From spreadsheets to court briefs to forestry to tech, writers who are employed outside of academia discuss how their work empowers their writing lives. Rather than a burden or distraction from creative writing, the divorce of art and economy opens doors to authors with bold ideas and risky manuscripts. When writing is not hinged on tenure nor rent, what can we accomplish? R114. Writing the Transcendent A107-109, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 (Courtney Sender, Goldie Goldbloom, Yehoshua November, Sarah Stone, Rahul Kanakia) In our most enduring literature, the reader often experiences something ungraspable: a sudden sense of loss or delight or elevation, just beyond the realm of conscious reckoning. In this panel, we call it transcendence, and ask: What is that feeling, anyway? How do you write toward it? What's the relationship between the divine, the inspirational, the science fictional or fantastical? In this panel, five diverse writers of the numinous and otherworldly discuss the deep mysteries of writing. R144. Be Your Own Agent Portland Ballroom 256, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2 (Natalie Shapero, Leah Umansky, Vi Khi Nao, Adam Clay) Some poets are represented by literary speaking agents who arrange events, manage logistics, and set fees and conditions. And then there’s everybody else. This panel, aimed at both emerging and established writers, discusses how to advocate for oneself. Four poets share experiences with touring and with running institutional and independent readings; the discussion demystifies booking and negotiation, offering concrete advice on how to know what to ask for and how to get it. 10:30 am to 11:45 am R171. Intersections of Poetry and Visual Art F150, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 (Meghan Dunn, Gabrielle Bates, Mita Mahato, Naoko Fujimoto, Youmna Chlala) From the works of William Blake to Japanese calligraphic scrolls, poetry and art have been intertwined since their origins. This reading presents the dialogue between visual art and writing in a contemporary context, showcasing works in which the two modes are inextricably linked. Moving beyond ekphrastic poetry, our panelists are engaged in a wide variety of multi-media projects from collaborative chapbooks to poetry comics to graphic poetry that melds words and images together. R179. Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology Reading Portland Ballroom 256, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2 (Melissa Tuckey, Jennifer Foerster, Ruth Irupé Sanabria, Tim Seibles, Lorna Dee Cervantes) Eco-justice poetry embodies justice, culture, and the environment. It is poetry born of ecological and social crisis, poetry that holds memory, fed by a wealth of cultural traditions, urgent in our time. Come listen to contributing poets read from and discuss the ground breaking Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, as each discusses their approach to writing in these troubled times and the traditions that feed their work. 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm R186. Sarabande Books Silver Anniversary Reading B113, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 (Sarah Gorham, Lia Purpura, Ann Townsend, Randa Jarrar, David Tomas Martinez) For twenty-five years, Sarabande has been showcasing poetry, short fiction, and the essay—genres largely ignored by mainstream publishers. We seek out new talent in unusual places, launch debut collections, feature revivals and come-backs, and create a real “home” for authors. Our list offers both stylistic diversity and a balance of gender, race, and sexual identity. Now we celebrate our long history with readings in all three genres, by a range of readers in various stages of their careers. R213. Traveling Stanzas & Poets For Science Reading: Jane Hirshfield, Mark Jarman, Dan Beachy-Quick Portland Ballroom 255, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2 (David Hassler, Jane Hirshfield, Dan Beachy-Quick, Mark Jarman) In conjunction with the proposed Traveling Stanzas: Poets for Science exhibit of science-poem banners and interactive digital writing tools, in this one-hour session, project cofounder Jane Hirshfield reads from her own science-based work alongside others included in this ongoing interdisciplinary and multi-venue project, which began as a featured exhibit at the 2017 March for Science on the National Mall in collaboration with the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. R215A. Salmon Poetry Presents its Powerful Spring List of Irish and American Poets Zachary A. Doss Memorial Stage, Sponsored by USC, Exhibit Hall, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 (Jessie Lendennie, Alice Pettway, Bertha Rodgers, Carolyn Tipton, Drew Blanchard) Join us for Book Signings, Chat, and Craic! (Craic - Irish for Fun!) Poets include : Alice Pettway, Bertha Rogers, Carolyn Tipton, Drew Blanchard, Ethna McKiernan, J.P. Dancing Bear, Jean Kavanagh, Jeffrey Levine, John Morgan, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Lea Graham, Marc Vincenz, Patrick Chapman, Patrick Hicks, Paulann Petersen, Richard Peabody, Robert Fanning, Sandra Yannone, Stephen Powers, Su Smallen Love, Susan Millar DuMars! 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm R257. New Poets of Native Nations B114, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 (Heid E. Erdrich, Tacey Atsitty, Laura Da', Gwen Nell Westerman, Trevino Brings Plenty) Graywolf Press is proud to celebrate the landmark anthology, New Poets of Native Nations, edited by Heid E. Erdrich. Featuring twenty-one poets of Native Nations whose first books were published in the twenty-first century, the anthology highlights a resurgence of Native American poetry publications since the year 2000. Five poets from the Lakota, Dakota, Shawnee, Dine, and Mojave nations perform poetry readings on Indigenous languages, lands, literatures, and more. 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm UHCWP Social Crowne Plaza Convention Center, 1441 NE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97232 Cost: Free University of Houston alumni, current students, and prospective students are welcome to meet faculty and each other! Past students will be on hand specifically to chat jobs in publishing, working, and life inside (and out) of academia. Come toast soon-to-be-grads over light bites and conversation. C&R Press Reading Party 600 NW Naito Pkwy C, Portland, OR 97209 Cost: Free Url: https://www.facebook.com/events/453847585154366/ C&R Press & Mastodon Publishing Reading Party featuring Jeffrey Skinner, Heidi Seaborn, Chris Campanioni, Amy Lemmon, Dustin Pearson, Dorin Schumacher, Kristina Marie Darling, Lelund Cheuck, Martin Ott, Travis Denton, Jacob Appel, and Ron MacLean. 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm R287. Tribute to the Life and Work of Poet Charles Simic on His 80th Birthday A105, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1 (Biljana Obradovic, Danuta Hinc, Bruce Weigl, Julie Kane) Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1938, Charles Simic, who turned 80 in 2018, came to the US as a teenager barely speaking English, ended up being appointed Fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, winning a Pulitzer Prize among many awards, publishing over fifty books, including his own poetry, memoirs, criticism, as well as translations of Yugoslavian poets, and teaching English and Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire for over thirty years.