PBS Books will cover the 2018 AWP Conference & Bookfair March 9 & 10, 2018 from Tampa, Florida. The AWP Conference & Bookfair is an essential annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Each year more than 12,000 attendees join our community for four days of insightful dialogue, networking, and unrivaled access to the organizations and opinion-makers that matter most in contemporary literature.
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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11:00 A.M. |
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Min Jin Lee Pachinko |
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11:20 A.M. |
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Lesley Nneka Arimah What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories |
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11:40 A.M. |
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Leni Zumas Red Clocks |
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NOON |
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Wiley Cash The Last Ballad: A Novel |
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12:20 P.M. |
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Gregory Pardlo Air Traffic A Memoir of Ambition & Manhood in America
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12:40 P.M. |
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Marcus Wicker Silencer |
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1:00 P.M. |
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Alexander Chee How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays |
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1:20 P.M. |
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Brit Bennett The Mothers |
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Nathan Englander Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A Novel |
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2:00 P.M. |
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Tyehimba Jess Olio |
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2:20 P.M. |
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Kiese Laymon Long Division: A Novel |
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2:40 P.M. |
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David Haynes Chairman, AWP Board of Directors |
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
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10:40 A.M. |
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Ada Limón Bright Dead Things: Poems The Carrying: Poems |
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11:00 A.M. |
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R.O. Kwon The Incendiaries |
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11:20 A.M. |
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Ishion Hutchinson House of Lords and Commons: Poems |
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11:40 A.M. |
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Sigrid Nunez The Friend |
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NOON |
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Carmen Maria Machado Her Body and Other Parties: Stories |
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Kelly Link Get in Trouble |
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12:20 P.M. |
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Jennifer Benka Executive Director, The Academy of American Poets |
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Adrian Matejka Map to the Stars |
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12:40 P.M. |
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Lauren Groff Florida |
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1:00 P.M. |
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Danez Smith Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems |
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1:20 P.M. |
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Nathan Hill The Nix |
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1:40 P.M. |
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Chris Abani The Secret History of Las Vegas |
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