Our South Carolina Review writers and friends are scattered across the map, but AWP is where we come together. Below, we’re highlighting and celebrating our writers’ events in Baltimore this week — and we’ll keep updating the list as details arrive.
Stevie Edwards
Poetry editor, Stevie Edwards hits the scene Wednesday night in Baltimore and will be all over AWP until it ends on Saturday. Want to know where she’ll be? See below!
- Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 – 10:30pm: Wednesday Night Poetry at Creative Alliance
- Friday, March 6, 1:30 – 2:30pm: Book Signing at University of Arkansas Press, Booth #731
- Friday, March 6, 7:00 – 10:00pm: Button Poetry Live at Baltimore Unity Hall
- Saturday, March 7, 9:00 – 10:15am: (Panel) Childfree & Childless Women Writers: Writing Against Gender Norms, Room 324
- Saturday, March 7, 10:35 – 11:50am: (Panel) I Could Not Stop for Death: Poets on Addition & Substance Abuse, Room 320
Lana Spendl
Lana is moderating a panel called “Memory as Borderland in Immigrant Narratives: The Refuge and Burden of Remembering” on Friday March 6 from 10:35 – 11:50 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Level 300, Room 329. Lana will also be participating in a reading of Eastern European writers, which also serves as a fundraiser for Ukraine on Friday, March 6 from 7:00 – 9:30pm.
Dean Tuck
Dean will be at the AWP Awards Reception & Celebration Wednesday, March 4 from 6:30 – 8:00pm at the Watertable Ballroom, fifth floor. In addition, you can find Dean at the University of Nebraska Press book (booth 1069) signing his newest novel, Twinless Twin, Friday, March 6 form 10:30 – 11:00am.
Dominique Ahkong
Dominique Ahkong will be participating in an offsite reading titled “Anti-Fascist Love Poem Reading” on March 7 from 7:00 – 9:00pm at 1640 Thames Street in Fells Point (use entrance 1636).
Ella Kindt
Former SCR assistant editor Ella Kindt will be participating in an offsite reading sponsored by the University of North Texas on Saturday, March 7 from 10:00am – 12:00pm at Vinyl and Pages, 301 Light Street, Pavillion.
Stella Wong
SCR contributor Stella Wong will be featured in a number of readings and book signings at the AWP conference this week. See below.
- Wednesday, March 4 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Reading (Cincinnati Review) – Max’s Taphouse
- Thursday, March 5 | 12:00 – 12:30 pm: Book Signing- AWP Baltimore – Booth 619
- Thursday, March 5 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm: Reading (Split Lip) – Baltimore Unity Hall
- Friday, March 6 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm: Book Signing – AWP Baltimore: Booth T411
Jane Zwart
Jane will be reading offsite on Friday, March 6 at Max’s Taphouse from 7:00 – 9:00pm and will also be “Poet of the Hour” (!!!!!) at Only Poem’s booth (446) beginning at 2:00pm on Saturday, March 7, which may just begin with a poem published in OUR pages!
Leslie Pietrzyk
The 804 Lit Salon Reading Series will be at Section 771 on Saturday, March 7 at 5pm where Leslie will be participating in a reading.
Adriano Beltrano
Adriano will be representing the Baltimore Review at the “It’s Kind of a Big Dill” reading on Thursday, March 5 from 5:00 – 8:00pm at the iconic Pickles Pub right across from the convention center. Adriano will also be reading at the Read the Room: Celebrating Literary Baltimore a AWP Wrap Party on Saturday, March 7 from 5:30 – 10:30pm at 2640 Space, 2640 St. Paul St.
Raena Shirali
Raena will be reading at the STET! A Night of Music & Poetry event on Friday, March 6 from 6:00 – 9:00PM.
Chiagoziem Jideofor
Chiagoziem will be reading at AWP Poetics of Liberation, an annual, intersectional feminist, and anti-fascist poetry event celebrating literature that inspires social change on Thursday, March 5, from 7:00 – 10:00PM.
Mickie Kennedy
Mickie will be reading at the offsite event Serious Poets, Playful Poems at The American Visionary Art Museum starting at 6:00PM on Friday March 6.
Kasey Peters
Kasey is a panelist on the AWP Game Changer: Literary Queer Sports Writing panel on Friday, March 6 from 10:35 – 11:50AM at the Baltimore Convention Center: Room 323, Level 300.
Sarah Brockhaus
Sarah will be reading at the Print is Dead: An AWP offsite Small Press Reading event with Birdcoat Quarterly, Fine Print Press, and Ghost Peach Press on Saturday March 7, from 6:30 – 10:00PM at Old Major.
María Esquinca
On Thursday, March 5, from 7:00 – 10:00PM at Le Mondo María will be reading at the annual intersectional feminist reading and community gathering, the AWP Poetics of Liberation.
Allison Field Bell
Allison will be at a number of events during AWP.
- Thursday, March 5: Reading, Beautiful Things Flash Nonfiction Off-site Reading with River Teeth, Luckie’s Liquors @ Power Plant Live, 7:00 – 9:00PM
- Friday, March 6: Book Signing at Sugar House Review Booth #1274, 11:30 AM – 12:30PM
- Friday, March 6: Reading, Chestnut Review’s Offsite Reading @ Charm City Books, 6:00 – 8:00PM
- Friday, March 6: Reading, Ghost Parachute Offsite Reading @ of Love & Regret Gastropub, 7:30 – 9:30PM
- Saturday, March 7: Book Signing at Finishing Line Press, 12:30 – 1:00PM
Katie Kemple
Katie will be making herself busy this week at AWP as well!
- Book signing, Friday, March 6, 9:00 – 11:00AM, at Chestnut Review booth #74,
- Chestnut Review chapbook author reading from Big Man, Friday, March 6, 6:00 – 8:00PM, at Charm City Books
Kate Gaskin
Kate will be reading at an offsite event on Friday, March 6, starting at 6:30PM at Section 771.
