Intro Forever: Mapping the Creative and Pedagogical Terrain of Community Colleges Room 2502A, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2 Though community colleges typically enroll around forty percent of United States undergraduates, they are seldom discussed as sites of knowledge production or expertise. Panelists—active writers and community college professors—will talk about the pedagogical and creative implications […]

Draft, Draft, Goose: The Thinking Behind Revising Room 2105, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level In this panel, five distinguished writers will each share a draft of a published piece along with its final version, and discuss the decisions made to get there. We’ll consider the cascading effects of the smallest changes, and how to […]

The Against Tradition Tradition: Contradiction & the Prose Poem Room 2504AB, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2 Originating in nineteenth-century France as a subversive form “supple . . . and rugged enough to adapt . . . to the lyrical impulses of the soul,” prose poems are now taught in writing classrooms across the globe. […]

Women of New Fabulism and Speculative Literature: A Reading Room 3501AB, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 3 Fabulism and speculative literature have long employed the bizarre, unexpected, and impossible to better reflect human experience. Recent political and societal changes, such as anti-trans laws, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the attack on no-fault divorce […]

Independence with Independents: Making the Most of Publishing with a Small Press Room 2103C, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level While independent presses may not offer the big money of the Big Five publishers, publishing with IPs can offer significant benefits, including freedom with content, form, style, and objectives, as well as (some) control during […]

Not Just Surviving: Queer Poets Thriving in the Red Room 2103B, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level When discussing what queer folks under attack in "red" states should do, one thing is always suggested: leave. While it may be ideal for some, for many, leaving means abandoning not only loved ones, but also their homes. […]

Celebrate the launch of Jose Hernandez Diaz's debut full-length collection BAD MEXICAN. BAD AMERICAN at The Libros Lincoln Heights bookstore with a showcase of local authors.

Join Adrianne Harun on March for a presentation, reading, and author signing of her novel ON THE WAY TO THE END OF THE WORLD at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA. This reading will serve as a final event for the City of Port Townsend's 2024 Community Read, a series of free programs spotlighting and inspired by Adrianne's book throughout the month of March.

Celebrate the release of poet Kevin Prufer's debut novel, SLEEPAWAY.

Celebrate the release of Jessica E. Johnson's debut memoir METTLEWORK at Powell's City of Books in Portland, OR. Featuring a conversation with Lydia Kiesling.

Seattle Book Launch: Mettlework Tuesday, July 2nd, at 7:00 pm PST Elliot Bay Book Company (1521 10th Ave.), Seattle, WA Jessica E. Johnson launches her debut memoir with the help of memoirist and friend of the store Jen Soriano. Mettlework tells the story of Johnson’s unusual upbringing during the 1970s and ’80s, interwoven with the […]

August 28: Ananda Lima, Raksha Vasudevan, Ashley Howell Bunn, Jessica E. Johnson, and Brianna Wheeler