If you’re hoping to catch some of Western Washington University’s amazing faculty at AWP in Portland this year, here’s where we’ll be! Kicking it off with a faculty reading Wednesday–it’s going to be so good!!

Wednesday, 3/27

A Taste of WWU: Faculty Reading

Bruce Beasley, Elizabeth Colen, Stefania Heim, Kristiana Kahakauwila, Kelly Magee, Brenda Miller, Suzanne Paola, Christopher Patton, and Kami Westhoff

6-9pm

Taste on 23^rd  (offsite)

2285 NW Johnson St, Portland, OR 97210

 

Thursday, 3/28

Black Lawrence Press Book Signing

Carol Guess, 1-2pm

Book fair

 

25 Years of Creative Nonfiction: An Anniversary Reading

Brenda Miller, 1:30-2:45pm

D137-138, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1

 

Come Celebrate With Me: Women of Color Writers and Literary Lineage 

Jane Wong, 1:30pm

B113, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1

 

Queering Genre Boundaries: The Speculative and Fantastic in LGBTQ+ Writing

Kelly Magee, 4:30-5:45

A107-109, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1

 

Disability Literature Consortium

Suzanne Antonetta, 6-9

Courtyard by Marriot Portland

Downtown/Convention Center

 

FC2, Sidebrow, Ellipsis, and Dorothy Reading

Carol Guess, 7-9pm

ADX (offsite)

 

In His Own Words: A Tribute to Brian Doyle

Brenda Miller, 7pm

McMenamin’s Mission Theater (offsite)

 

Friday, 3/29

 

The Coast is Queer: LGBTQ+ Voices from the Pacific Northwest

Carol Guess, 9-10:15am

Portland Ballroom 255, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2

 

Indigenous Womanisms: Decolonization & Na(rra)tivity

Kristiana Kahakauwila, 9-10:15am

E147-148, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1

 

Gold Wake Press Reading

Kelly Magee, 3-6pm

Ristretto Roasters (offsite)

 

“Shitholes of the World, Unite”: A Poetry Reading in Translation

Stefania Heim, 5pm

Holocene (offsite)

 

Readings from They Said Anthology of Collaborative Writing

Carol Guess and Kelly Magee, 5:30-7:30pm

The Fixin’ To (offsite)

 

Menacing Hedge Reading

Kami Westhoff, 6pm

The Bad Habit Room (offsite)

 

Swichback Books and Counterpath AWP Book Launch Party

Stefania Heim, 7-9pm

Strum Guitar Bar (offsite)

 

Correspondences Reading

Jane Wong, 7pm

Daedalus Books (offsite)

 

Burnside Review, Alice James Books, Canarium Books, Oversound

Jane Wong, 7:30pm (doors open at 7)

The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel (offsite)

 

Saturday, 3/30

 

Unsolicited Press Book Signing

Kami Westhoff, 9am

Book fair

 

Reimagining Borders

Jane Wong, 5pm

Ristretto Roasters (offsite)