February 2024 – AWP Conference in Kansas City, MO
Friday, February 9—9 AM-10:15 AM—Room 2103B, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level
F116. Generative Poetry Workshops: Take ‘Em or Teach ‘Em
(L.J. Sysko, Maya C. Popa, Kim Addonizio, Flower Conroy, Sandra Beasley)
A generative poetry workshop can get you there or help you break through. This panel addresses best practices from both teacher and student points of view. Teachers: structure a generative workshop and deploy methods beneficial to and inclusive of a wide variety of workshoppers. Students: identify strategies for framing expectations and seek definitions of success beyond yielding a few solid drafts. Panelists will address their own experiences as teachers, students, and the blurred role between.
Friday, February 9—10:35 AM-11:50 AM—Room 3501CD, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 3
F158. ‘Til Death (or Edits) Do Us Part: The Significant Other in Creative Nonfiction
(Sandra Beasley, Angie Chuang, Davon Loeb, Sarah Viren, John Cotter)
Recreating our lives in creative nonfiction includes depicting our romantic partners. How do approaches vary in choosing what to include or omit? What are the ethics of documenting conversations, including arguments, and asking permission? What happens if a lover becomes an ex—sometimes midway through the publication process? Five authors of memoir and personal essays discuss the challenges of sharing intimate relationships on the page, and give the audience takeaway tips for their own projects.
Friday, February 9—3-4 PM—Convention Center, Third Level, Exhibit Halls D & E, 730
Book signing for Made to Explode
Hosted by the University of Nebraska Omaha MFA in Writing, Bookfair Table 730
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Thursday, February 22—7 PM
Reading at Hood College in Frederick, MD.
(Campus location TBA)
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Thursday, March 14—7 PM
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in Washington, DC.
(921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE)
“The Life of a Poet Featuring Celebrated Poet Sandra Beasley in Conversation with Kyle Dargan”
Established in 2013, The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of in-depth literary conversations. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Readings from that work are interspersed throughout the conversation. Originally moderated by Washington Post book critic Ron Charles, the series is now helmed by noted poet and editor Kyle Dargan. Over the years featured poets have included Terrance Hayes, Elizabeth Alexander, Ada Limon, Marilyn Chin, Adrian Matejka, and Carl Phillips among many others.
Tickets $10/person, limited seating available: purchase tickets by clicking here.
~ Past Events ~
*2023*
December 1 and 2 – Charlotte Lit in Charlotte, NC.
October 20/21 – Lit Youngstown Literary Festival in Youngstown, OH.
September 21 – Kimmel Harding Nelson Center’s Third Thursday Series in Nebraska City, NE.
July 12 – Cafe Muse. [Virtual]
June 24 – Joaquin Miller Cabin Series. [Virtual]
June 3 – Fairfax County Public Libraries. [Virtual]
June 2 – “Let’s Talk Books: Women, Health, and Beauty.” [Virtual]
March 11 – Oxford Conference for the Book. [Virtual]
March 8 – Traveling Molly’s Reading Series and Open Mic. [Virtual]
March 7 – Mercy Street Reading Series. [Virtual]
March 2 – Launch reading for Issue 7 of Cherry Tree. [Virtual]
February 3 – Wild & Precious Life Reading Series. [Virtual]
September 20 – “Poets in Pajamas” Reading Series. [Virtual]
August 14-15 – 13th Annual Lewes Creative Writers’ Conference. [Virtual]
July 15-18 – 2020 Cherry Tree Young Writers Conference. [Virtual]
March 6 – AWP Conference in San Antonio, TX.
January 15 – Lectores Reading Series in Tampa, FL.
~2019~
November 17 – In Your Ear in Washington, DC.
October 10 – The Freya Project in Washington, DC.
October 7 – Hood College in Frederick, MD.
August 16-17 – 12th Lewes Creative Writers’ Conference in Lewes, DE.
May 3 – Bull City House Party Reading Series in Hillsborough, NC.
March 20-23 – Cork International Poetry Festival in Cork, Ireland.
January 6 – University of Tampa Lectores in Tampa, FL.
~2018~
November 5-6 – Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA.
November 1-4 – Delaware Seashore Writers Retreat in Rehoboth Beach, DE.
October 19-20 – West End Poetry Festival in Carrboro, NC.
October 12 – Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium in Oxford, MS.
September 22 – East City Book Shop in Washington, DC.
August 30 – Solid State Books in Washington, DC.
June 6 – 826DC lowercase series in Washington, DC.
May 15 – East City Bookshop in Washington, DC.
April 21 – Split This Rock Festival in Washington, DC.
April 12 – Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, MD.
March 10 – Literary Death Match in Tampa, FL.
March 7-10 – AWP Conference in Tampa, FL.
February 17 – The Volland Store in Alma, KS.
February 15 – Wichita State University in Wichita, KS.
February 12 – Washburn University in Topeka, KS.
February 7 – UNO Writer’s Workshop in Omaha, NE.
January 10 – University of Tampa Lectores in Tampa, FL.
~2017~
December 3 – Politics & Prose in Washington, DC.
December 4 – Cafe Muse in Friendship Heights, MD.
November 3-6 – 3rd International Literary Festival, to the sea-girt shores of Cyprus in Nicosia and Platres.
October 13 – “Other Words” FLAC Conference in Tampa, FL.
September 15 – Politics & Prose conversation with Karl Ove Knausgaard in Washington, DC.
July 13 – Franklin Electric Reading Series in Brooklyn, NY.
June 1 – Page Burner Reading Series at Arts Riot in Burlington, VT.
May 19-20 – YMCA Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse, NY.
April 20-21 – Auburn University in Auburn, Al.
April 12 – Russell Sage College in Troy, NY.
March 2 – State College of Florida in Venice, FL.
February 8 – 11 – AWP Conference in Washington, DC.
~2016~
November 3-6 – Sanibel Island Writers Conference in Sanibel, FL.
October 17 – River Styx Reading Series in St. Louis, MO.
October 6 – Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, MI.
September 24 – National Book Festival in Washington, DC.
July 8 – Hermitage Artist Retreat in Manasota Key, FL.
June 23 – University of Tampa MFA residency in Tampa, FL.
June 3 – McColl Center in Charlotte, NC.
April 29-30- Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem, MA
April 28 – Blackbird Poetry Festival at Howard County College in Columbia, MD
April 14-17 – Split This Rock Poetry Festival in Washington, DC.
April 12 – Fairfax High School in Fairfax, VA.
April 10 – Jubilant Thicket at Head House Books in Philadelphia, PA.
April 7 – 826DC in Washington, DC.
March 30-April 2 – AWP Conference in Los Angeles, CA.
March 17-19 – Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, VA.
March 12 – Ocean to Bay Conference in Wye Mills, MD.
March 10 – Goucher College in Baltimore, MD.
March 8 – Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, MD
February 23 – Crema Coffee Bar in Hartsville, SC.
February 22 – Monday Night Poetry & Music in Charleston, SC.
February 8-12 – Visiting Writer to the Rio Grande Valley, TX.
January 29-30 – Festival at Foxcroft School in Middleburg, VA.
January 21 – One Page More Books in Arlington, VA.
January 20 – Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, MD.
January 2 – Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore, MD.
[Full information on past events in 2015 and earlier available upon request.]