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 23rd (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)
Kelly Magee 