Poets in The World April 7, 2010: Hi all, So maybe I will see some of you at AWP this week. It's a quick in and out for me. I teach in San Francisco on Friday morning, and then I'm off to Denver. On Saturday afternoon, I speak on a panel entitled, "Poets in the World: Building Diverse Communities through Independent Poetry Centers, Blogs, and Radio," organized by Camille [...] by Barbara Jane Reyes

poets and the academy April 5, 2010: I’d like to try to split the middle between Linh Dinh's and Ange Mlinko’s posts (here and here) on poets and poetry in the academy. As someone who spent ten continuous years in the university as an undergraduate and graduate student, and has now spent twelve years outside of it as an editor and writer, I feel sympathetic to both sides of the [...] by Alan Gilbert

Why I am Worried About Being at AWP April 5, 2010: In 1987, something strange began to happen to me.  My eyesight began to deteriorate rapidly.  I was a graduate student in New Brunswick, Canada, and at the time, I could afford to see a specialist.  They took me through a barrage of tests over the course of a year, and in that year, my eyesight got worse and worse.  In a year, I was legally [...] by Kwame Dawes

AWP Events featuring Poets & Writers from the Chican@/Latin@ Community April 5, 2010: AWP Annual Conference, April 7-10, 2010, Denver, Colorado Select Events featuring Poets & Writers from the Chicano/Latino Literary Community (more...) by Javier Huerta

Oh, Schmacademy! April 4, 2010: I’m spending this weekend at home, grading papers to free up my upcoming week. Does it need to be said that I’m attending AWP? I believe this is my 10th time--and though I have my gripes about the conference (overloaded schedules, claustrophobic book fair) I also celebrate its pleasures, like meeting up with friends and former students. As [...] by Rigoberto González

Literary Friendships, Part One April 4, 2010: One of the difficult things about ex-pat life is social—one doesn’t really fit in with the host country, nor, often, with the usual ex-pat crowd.  One has many acquaintances among local writers, but ultimately language can be a barrier as well as a shared passion.  And of course, being a stay-at-home mom doesn’t help on the isolation [...] by A.E. Stallings

AWP: My Would-be Itinerary February 9, 2009: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12 8:00a.m. R100. Conference Registration. Attendees who have registered in advance may pick up their registration materials at AWP's pre-registration desk on the lower level of the Hilton Chicago. On-site registration badges are available for purchase at the 8th Street side of the lobby level. (more...) by Javier Huerta

Didn’t-go-to-the-AWP blues… February 9, 2008: As far as I can tell (apologies if I missed somebody), I am the ONLY current Harriet blogger not to have been at AWP in NY. What did I miss? Was there a secret meeting of Harrieteers? What did go on at all those parties? What was the most fabulous reading I missed? So here's a post for everyone who WASN'T there. What are your excuses? Your [...] by A.E. Stallings

Post AWP Bliss February 4, 2008: Well, I survived my ninth AWP conference. I’ll say what every New Yorker (including me) said about the conference being held in our city this year: it wasn’t fair. We didn’t get to feel as if we were leaving our duties and obligations behind since we simply skipped over from our respective Big Apple dwellings. But to even out the score, I [...] by Rigoberto González

Orwellian Me February 3, 2008: I have just returned from my second time attending the AWP conference, which (like last year) was wonderfully exhilarating and utterly overwhelming. Here in Pensacola I lead a life rather thoroughly isolated from any literary community or scene, and so the opportunity to see and talk to so many fellow writers was and is particularly exciting to [...] by Reginald Shepherd