Yesterday’s walk: I did a 9 am panel at #AWP23 and walked around the book fair, so it was a seriously abbreviated walk—34,2225 steps, 16.7 miles, from the conference to Eastlake, then hooking back through Capitol Hill, the ID, and Beacon Hill. The new convention center is gorgeous and easy to navigate, and I’m glad to see that long span of construction on Eastlake has finally ended. Progress! #seattle #walk

Stephen Graham Jones and that other guy, the one who wrote LORD OF ORDER and COMANCHE and the Freaks series. What's his name again?

#AWP23

For #AWP23:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O_cOnGrpY8

#awp23 I’m at the Willamette Writers booth at table T0138! Come say hi!

If you’re at #AWP23, come visit the EPOCH crew at table T1403, and buy a recent issue of the magazine, or a tote, via our special AWP online shop, http://epochliterary.com/awp. Also: free stickers!

If you are at #AWP this week, swing by Rose Metal Press at Table 1328 to find my book THE VOYAGER RECORD: A TRANSMISSION and a lot of other spacey hybrid things by beautiful people.

#AWP23 #hybridwriting #Voyagerrecord #Voyager #CarlSagan

IMPROMPTU POETRY READING TO STAY DRY

Recovery isn't one-size-fits-all, but I've been struggling with mine; vulnerably, I needed a distraction today, so here's a FREE 10-minute poetry reading from my book, "A Prayer For A Non-Religious Autistic!"

https://www.tiktok.com/@lucasscheelk/video/7208621814623259946

#bookstodon #seattle #AWP23 #awpwriter #Mazeldon #harmreduction #WeDoRecover #2SLGBTQIA #queerart #queerbooks #nonbinary #alcoholfree #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity @bookstodon

Just went downstairs here at the Sheraton Grand Seattle, and it's madness. If this is any indication, the low-attendance AWPs are in the past. #AWP23

I wrote about #awp23 for the Seattle Times, with 15 suggestions for Seattle-centric readings and events to attend. https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/seattle-writers-take-note-of-15-events-at-the-awp-conference-this-week/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_books

RT @RickKlatt: Iowa at #AWP23 in Seattle: The renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop was the first creative writing degree program in the U.S., with esteemed authors like Boyle, O'Connor, Irving, and others among its grads. Learn more about @IowaWritersWksp and @WritingUIOWA at bookfair booth 1428. https://t.co/vwszhvavqh

Join me and fellow Wayward Writers at our reading on March 9 at #AWP23 in Seattle! bit.ly/waywardseattle #AWP #AWPSeattle

RT @RickKlatt: Iowa at #AWP23 in Seattle: The renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop was the first creative writing degree program in the U.S., with esteemed authors like Boyle, O'Connor, Irving, and others among its grads. Learn more about @IowaWritersWksp and @WritingUIOWA at bookfair booth 1428. https://t.co/vwszhvavqh

AWP reminder: if you're going, please wear a mask both indoors AND outdoors!

I'm a few hours away from Seattle (I won't be at AWP), and I'm imploring everyone to help keep our local communities safe.

COVID is not over!

#poetrycommunity #poetry #bookstodon #awp #awpwriter #AWP23 @bookstodon #writingcommunity #seattle #CovidIsNotOver

For anyone in the vicinity of Seattle on Thursday (maybe attending #AWP23), I will be launching my new story collection, The Last Vanishing Man, with @jeffvandermeer joining in the fun. It's at Fantagraphics Bookstore at 6pm on 3/9.

@bookstodon #Bookstodon

Hard to believe it’s almost time for #AWP23, the biggest writer’s conference of the year. Looking forward to seeing writer friends and making new ones, hanging out with our Low-Res MFA students and alumni, and talking to folks about Poetry South and Ponder Review at table T1221 in the Book Fair. There’s more on my blog, including a little advice on how to survive AWP. https://kendalldunkelberg.com/2023/03/04/meet-me-at-awp23/

Are people here going to hate me if I talk about AWP? Because I'm going and it feels like a dirty secret. But I don't want to keep secrets from you!

But also what liberation to be in a space that is not ONLY the sorts of (usually) American and (usually) traditionally published writers that I expect to see there.

#WritingCommunity #AWP23

Who else is going to #AWP23?

REQUEST AWP 2023 TO REQUIRE MASKS

[keep yourself & local communities in & near Seattle safe!]

Thanks to Alyssa Harad for starting this petition:
https://tinyurl.com/27km97ss

#CovidIsNotOver #AWP #AWP23 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #bookstodon #authors @bookstodon @BenYehudaPress

If you’ll be at #AWP23 in Seattle, this poetry reading looks monstrously good! Thanks to Sonia Greenfield for organizing. #AWP2023 @odelapaz

A group of writers have organized a petition to institute a mask mandate at #AWP23, the huge conference next month in #Seattle. Anyone can sign! Help protect writers, Seattle, and everyone’s home communities 💛

#Covid #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp
https://www.change.org/p/request-awp-to-require-masks