San Francisco Bay Area
Grant Faulkner, executive director of National Novel Writing Month and the cofounder of 100 Word Story, leads a literary tour of San Francisco, a city of rollicking rogues and home of the Beats.
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Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Book Fair
The 2020 AWP Conference and Book Fair was held from March 4 to March 7 at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The conference featured more than 550 events, panel discussions, and readings; and a book fair. The keynote speaker was fiction writer Helena María Viramontes. The cost of the conference was $320 for nonmembers, $220 for members, and $70 for students. Lodging was available at the conference hotel for discounted rates. Registration was first come, first served. Visit the website for more information.
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CONFERENCE
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Event Date:
July 8, 2020
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ignore
Application Deadline:
July 8, 2020
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no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 8, 2020
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Book Fair, 5700 Rivertech Court, Suite 225, Riverdale Park, MD 20737. (240) 696-8273.
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San Antonio
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TX
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Shakespeare Has Left the Building: Postcard From Philadelphia
On April 14 hundreds of scholars gathered in the Millennium Hall of the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia for the second day of the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America, a nonprofit, academic organization devoted to the study of William Shakespeare and his plays and poems.
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Sharon Olds at the Workshop: Postcard From Paris
The 16th annual Paris Writers Workshop wrapped up on July 5 after a week-long schedule of workshops, lectures, readings, and walking tours.
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Creative Bliss Among the Swiss: Postcard From Geneva
On February 2, over 170 writers, editors, agents, and publishers from five continents attended a two-day writers conference in Geneva, Switzerland—an intensive weekend of workshops, readings, panel discussions, and networking.
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The Future of Creativity: Postcard From Chicago
The term “creative communities” often evokes sequestered environments at far-flung artists’ colonies or graduate school MFA programs. This traditional notion was challenged, expanded, redefined, and reinvented during "The Future of Creativity" symposium in Chicago.
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Furious Flower Grows in Virginia
The nation’s oldest academic center dedicated to preserving Black poetry celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary.
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Twenty-Two of the Most Inspiring Writers Retreats in the Country
Twenty-two writers, including Alexander Chee and Rebecca Makkai, offer their personal take on the best retreats for productivity, motivation, networking, and more.
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Sewanee Celebrates Thirty Years
The annual twelve-day conference at the University of the South, featuring workshops, craft lectures, and a historic community of writers, turns thirty.
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New York City
From independent bookstores such as McNally Jackson Books in SoHo to long-time forums such as the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church on the Lower East Side, T Cooper, author, most recently, of The Beaufort Diaries, visits his favorite places to research, revise, and read in New York City.
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