The Great-Big-AWP Pre-Game Show

The super spectacular spectacle that is the Associated Writers and Publishers Conference—also known by friends, enemies, and frenemies as "AWP"—hits the cool town of Seattle next Thursday 'til Saturday. And thus, our calendar of events begins:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th

@Left Bank Books
*Carrie Etter, Elena Karina Byrne, Jennifer Militello, Allison Benis White read
*7-8:30 PM

@Hugo House
*SMC MFA AWP Offsite Reading Bash with Marilyn Abildskov, Lily Brown, Jason Bayani, Joshua Braff, Kevin James Finley, Brenda Hillman, Brett Fletcher Lauer, Erin McCabe, Kaya Oakes, Rusty Morrison, Sara Mumolo, Lysley Tenorio & Matthew Zapruder
*6-8 PM

@Fred Wildlife Refuge
*A collision of BOMB / Wonder / Futurepoem / and the William S. Burroughs Estate, featuring Alissa Nutting, Lucy Ives, Brenda Coultas, Wendy S. Walters, Frances Richard, Trisha Low, Kate Durbin + Guests of the William S. Burroughs Estate: Chuck Palahniuk, Lidia Yuknavitch, Monica Drake, Alex Dimitrov, Elissa Schappel
*6 PM-12 AM

@Cafe Racer
*An evening of readings of new poetry and prose, some of it very new, co-organized by Triple Canopy, Song Cave, Fence, and 1913, to coincide with the 2014 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Seattle. Readers are: Dan Beachy-Quick, Jane Gregory, Lily Hoang, Aaron Kunin, Scott McFarland, Monica Mody, Sara Nicholson, Sasha Steensen, and Rodrigo Toscano.
*7 PM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28th

@747 16th Ave E Seattle WA 98112
*Shitluck Mansion: with readings by Macgregor Card, Cecilia K Corrigan, Kit Schluter, Matt Longabucco, Elaine Kahn, and Jennifer Tamayo
*8:30 PM

SATURDAY, MARCH 1st

@Left Bank Books Collective
*Shane Book, Steffi Drewes, Colby Gillette, David Koehn, Peter Burghardt, Gillian Olivia Blythe Hamel, Robert Andrew Perez, and special guests John Gallaher, Jane Gregory, and Sara Wintz
*10 PM

@Gallery 1412
*1913, Belladonna Collaborative, Canarium Books, Futurepoem, La Presse, and Ugly Duckling Presse present an evening of poetry and music by Caroline Crumpacker, Ben Doller, Robert Fernandez, Samantha Giles, Cole Swensen, Maged Zaher, Gust Burns with Wilson Shook, Jessika Kenney, Jonathan Way
*10 PM

--and many more! See you there!