AWP Writing Conference and Bookfair comes to Los Angeles
Cal State L.A. and the Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics will be a co-sponsor of the 2016 AWP Conference and Book Fair.
2016 AWP Conference & Bookfair
Los Angeles Convention Center
& JW Marriott Los Angeles
March 30-April 2, 2016
Events, Panels and Activities include:
Planning and Running a University Literary Center
Panel discussion with Dr. William A. Covino, President of Cal State L.A.,
Dr. Lauri Ramey, Director of the Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (CCPP),
Poet Marisela Norte, CCPP Advisory Board Member Dr. Mike Soldatenko, and CCPP Intern Jamie Tice
Thursday, March 31, 2016
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Gold Salon 4, JW Marriott LA, 1st Floor
Cal State L.A. Public Reception
Thursday, March 31, 2016
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Plaza 1, JW Marriott LA, 3rd Floor
One free drink for the first 50 guests
Free Mediterranean Buffet and Cash Bar
Join us for happy hour before the keynote address by Claudia Rankine
A Tribute to John Rechy
with Alex Espinoza and John Rechy
Thursday, March 31, 2016
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Room 409 AB, LA Convention Center
Meeting Room Level
Jotas: A Chicana Lesbian Reading by Barrio-Based Writers
with Verónica Reyes
Friday, April 1, 2016
9:00 AM -10:15 AM
Room 410, L.A. Convention Center
Meeting Room Level
Intersections: Race, Sexuality, and Other Collisions in Los Angeles Literature
with Alex Espinoza and Frederick Smith
Friday, April 1, 2016
1:30 PM -2:45 PM
AWP Bookfair Stage
L.A. Convention Center , Exhibit Hall Level
What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America
Reading and Reception
with Will Alexander, C.S. Giscombe, Duriel E. Harris, Harmony Holiday, Geoffrey Jacques,
Douglas Kearney, Dawn Lundy Martin, Tracie Morris, Fred Moten, Aldon Lynn Nielsen,
Julie Patton, Lauri Ramey, giovanni singleton, and Ronaldo V. Wilson
Friday April 1, 2016
8 PM - 10 PM
Cal State L.A. Downtown Campus
801 S. Grand Ave.
Suite 600
Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in California
with Harryette Mullen, Will Alexander, C.S. Giscombe, giovanni singleton, and Lauri Ramey
Saturday, April 2, 2016
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
L.A. Convention Center, Room 515B
At the Margins, At the Intersections: Black Queer Literature, Writing, Publishing
with Frederick Smith
Saturday, April 2, 2016
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Gold Salon 1
JW Marriott LA, First Floor
For a List of All Events, Activities, Dates and Times Visit:
www.awpwriter.org/guide/program_view/275
Seventh International Colloquium for the EDICE Program
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Dr. Susan K. Harris and Dr. William J. Harris
Letterpress Printing and Poetry Scene
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 3:15pm to 7:30pm
Larry Rafferty, a Cal State LA alumnus and student of Henri Coulette
will be speaking about his career as a poet and poetry publisher
which includes letterpress printing and the poetry scene at Cal State LA
in the 1960s/1970s
Jean Burden Reading 2016
featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera
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Celebrating the National Day of Writing
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Contributions to the writing tree
Books, Coffee and Doughnuts for Sale
Poetry Reading featuring Mike the Poet at 6:30 pm
Dr. Luo Lianggong
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Outsiders, Outliers, Outcasts: In Words and Music
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