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Books centering mothers are often lumped into one category by the publishing industry, flattening the nuanced and varied experiences of this group into a one-size-fits-all niche. A memoirist asks the industry to do better.
In this event hosted by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, poet and translator Sawako Nakayasu reads from her books Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From (Wave Books, 2020) and Pink Waves (Omnidawn, 2023), and talks about the creative repetition inherent to translation and her relationship to improvisational forms in music and dance.
The La Baldi Residency, sponsored by Cultivate, offers two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators, in Montegiovi, Italy. Residents are provided with private lodging in apartments, a house, or a palazzo with a fully equipped kitchen and outdoor sitting area. Individual writers and collaborative teams may apply.
La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.
In this video, Maggie Millner, Yale Review senior editor and author of Couplets: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), talks about her favorite love poems, including Thom Gunn’s “The Hug” and June Jordan’s “Resolution #1,003.”
The 2026 Iceland Writers Retreat was held from April 15 to April 19 at the Fosshotel in Reykjavík. The retreat featured workshops, panels, lectures, receptions, and time to write for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, as well as literary tours of Iceland. The faculty included poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Ian Williams; poet and nonfiction writer Jesse Thistle; fiction writers Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Susan Choi, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Ann-Marie MacDonald, and Kamila Shamsie; and nonfiction writers Helen Jukes and Evan Osnos.
Iceland Writers Retreat, P.O. Box 76, Gardabaer, Iceland 212. Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid, Cofounders.
The 2026 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 4 to March 7 at the Baltimore Convention Center and included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured panel discussions, readings, public receptions, and a bookfair. Prior to March 4, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, was $380 for nonmembers, $260 for members, $110 for seniors, and $75 for students.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.
The 28th annual Get Lit! Festival was held online and in person from April 17 to April 19 at various venues in and around Spokane, Washington. The festival features readings, craft classes, panel discussions, and a bookfair for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Participating writers includd poets Melissa Kwasny, Mita Mahato, Prageeta Sharma, and Maya Jewell Zeller; fiction writers Lindsey Drager, Leyna Krow, M.L. Smoker, and Zoe B. Wallbrook; and nonfiction writers Ren Cedar Fuller, John Messick, Erica Watson, and Lauren W. Westerfield.
Get Lit! Festival, Get Lit! Programs, 601 E Riverside Avenue, Room 440, Spokane, WA 99202. (509) 828-1435. Kate Peterson, Director.
The 24th annual Poetry at Round Top Festival was held from April 17 to April 19 at the Round Top Festival Institute campus in Round Top, Texas. The program featured workshops, readings, craft talks, open mics, panel discussions, and manuscript consultations. The faculty included poets Katie Farris, Haleh Liza Gafori, Allison Joseph, llya Kaminsky, Charif Shanahan, Leslie Ullman, Laura Van Prooyen, and Edward Vidaurre. Pianist Daniel Anastasio will present a music and poetry program.
Poetry at Round Top Festival, Round Top Festival Institute, 248 Jaster Road, Round Top, TX 78954. (979) 249-3129. Katherine Durham Oldmixon Garza, Director.
