I’ve spent June reading manuscripts as a guest consultant for Black Lawrence Press, and as the month winds down, I’m reminded of how rewarding and enjoyable this work is. I love getting to know people through their writing, living with their books and characters for days or weeks at time, and analyzing how their manuscripts are put together and what revisions might open up even more doors–either to versions of the existing project, or to connected pieces that might become a whole (other) book! Summer is a great time for me to pour my heart into this kind of work, so if you have a story, essay, chapbook, collection, novel, or memoir that you’d like a new perspective on, check out my editing/consulting page. I’d love to take on more projects in the near future!
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WWU Faculty at AWP 2019!
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)
The Sketchbook Project Comes to the Pacific Northwest
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An Agent’s How-To For Writers
A good article published on Ploughshares blog about getting an agent. I’ll let you know when it works. 🙂
Are you reading Ploughshares? If not, you should be!
