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Write a poem that uses the metaphor of a bridge to represent a complex family dynamic, a short story that reconceptualizes historical fiction, or a lyrical essay that reflects on the stages of returning to a former self.
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 the arts collective Cultivate, will offer two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in apartments and a small terratetto house in the historic hilltop village of Montegiovi, Italy. Residents will stay in private lodging with a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and an outside sitting area. Some lodging options include a study. 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 2025 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 26 to March 29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and also included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured panel discussions, readings, discussion rooms, and a bookfair. Prior to March 25, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, was $375 for nonmembers, $255 for members, $105 for seniors, and $70 for students.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.
The 2025 Red Clay Writers Conference, sponsored by the Georgia Writers Association (GWA), will be held on April 26 at Kennesaw State University. The conference features writing workshops and panels on literary journals and publishing for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. Participating writers include poets Andrea Jurjević and Joshua L. Martin and novelist and memoirist Garrard Conley. Participating publishing professionals include Kurt Milberger (Kennesaw State University) and Anna Sandy-Elrod (Ghost Peach Press).
Red Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw State University, 440 Bartow Avenue, MD 2701, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Gregory Emilio, Executive Director.
