Post Black? 5 Poems and 3 Notes on Culture, Craft and Race
The following piece was presented as “5 Poems and 3 Notes” in the panel “Post Black? Culture, Craft, and Race in Verse” at the 2013 AWP Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Posts Tagged: awp
Association of Writing and Writer’s Photographs
If Roxane Gay’s recap didn’t fully satisfy your AWP thirst, get quenched with these snazzy photos of our event with McSweeney’s at 826 Boston headquarters!
...moreThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Sides of AWP
What exactly is the purpose of AWP? To meet new or online-only writer friends? To interact with your favorite authors? To advance your own writing career with networking maneuvers and information absorbed in panel discussions?
For the Rumpus’s Steve Almond, it’s a complex question, which he tries to answer in an essay for the New Republic.
...moreWhat It Was Like at AWP
If you weren’t lucky enough to make it to AWP this year, never fear. Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay has a summary of her time in Boston that will make you feel like you were really there. A preview:
...moreThis woman walked up to me and said, “Hi, I’m Amy,” and I think I said hi and shook her hand and then continued with the photo shoot.
McSweeney’s & The Rumpus Rock AWP
McSweeney’s & The Rumpus Proudly Present:
A Night of Readings and Music at 826 Boston!
Click Here to Purchase Tickets!
Friday, March 8th, 7pm at 826 Boston (3035 Washington St. Roxbury, MA 02119)
Tickets are $5. All proceeds will be donated to 826 Boston!
...morePlease Stop Yelling: An Openly Subjective Review of The Lifespan of a Fact
Essayist John D’Agata and fact-checker Jim Fingal co-wrote a book called The Lifespan of a Fact. I have read every review about the book since. It seems that Lifespan isn’t being reviewed, but instead a status quo is being swiftly and aggressively defended.
Full Stop Goes to AWP
“So here it is: the trade secrets, the panels and moments we kept bringing back up over meals — really, everything that inspired us to discuss hotel arrangements for the 2013 AWP in Boston on our El ride home.”
Full Stop went to AWP and created an illustrated run-down of their favorite parts.
...moreBeing Flynn Screening
Our AWP screening of Being Flynn was documented by Ed Negron, a photographer for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Click here to peruse his photos.
The film is based on Nick Flynn’s memoir Another Bullshit Night In Suck City.
...moreThe Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago! (Tomorrow!)
We are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular/fundraiser: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago.
Featuring readings by Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter Orner, Sommer Browning, Brian Spears and Stephen Elliott!
...moreLove for Chicago Rumpus Event
Today, Chicagoist gave us some love, announcing that they’ll be at our AWP offsite spectacular, The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago, which features an enticing line up of readers and entertainment, with all proceeds going to the 826 Chicago youth literacy program.
...moreBeing Flynn
Are you going to AWP?
Here’s something amazing we’re getting in on.
The Rumpus (and friends) present a special screening of Being Flynn Friday night at 11pm for AWP conference attendees only. You need a conference badge and you have to arrive fifteen minutes before the movie.
...moreThe Rumpus at AWP
The AWP Convention starts this coming Wednesday, and The Rumpus will be there. Thursday night we’ll be raising money for 826 Chicago, which is an awesome youth literacy program and which is home to The Boring Store, which is definitely not a secret agent supply store.
...moreThe Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago
We are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular/fundraiser: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago.
Featuring readings by Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter Orner, Sommer Browning, Brian Spears and Stephen Elliott!
...moreThe Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago!
We are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago.
Featuring readings by Nick Flynn, Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter Orner, Sommer Browning, Brian Spears and Stephen Elliott!
...moreThe Rumpus Poetry Book Club Announces…
A lot, really. First of all, we’re about to chat with Aase Berg and Johannes Gorannson about Berg’s book Transfer Fat It’s the first time we’ve done a translation, and we’re very excited to be able to talk with both the poet and the translator.
...moreWhat Went Wrong?
The Association of Writing Programs announced its accepted events for the 2012 convention in Chicago on Friday, and my Facebook page/Twitter feed blew up with joy and anguish alike. The panel I’d been asked to be a part of missed the cut (as has been the case for me most years).
...moreMis-Writing Race Is a Failure of the Imagination
In February at the AWP Conference in Washington D.C., Claudia Rankine gave a talk about Tony Hoagland’s poem “The Change.”
Afterward, she posted a call for responses to the conversation that started at AWP, and today she posted those responses here.
...moreThings to Do In DC When You’re at AWP
Update: I’m bumping this to the top because I don’t want to lose the good suggestions in the comments. Add your own suggestions down there.
Thing 1: Come find The Rumpus table at the Book Fair.
We’ll have all sorts of swag, from calendars to Write Like a MotherFucker coffee mugs and tee-shirts to just about everything in the Rumpus Shop.
...morePoetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Most of the excitement this week is in Denver at the AWP Conference, but there’s still plenty to talk about in poetry.
For instance, have you been keeping up with our National Poetry Month project? We’re only a third of a way through April, so there’s plenty of time to catch up on your reading.
...moreThe MFA Rankings Wars
Last week in my Poetic Lives Online column, I wrote a little about the immediate reaction to the Poets & Writers MFA program rankings. Well, it’s blown up a bit more in the last week, with the Association of Writing Programs weighing in on the matter.
...moreWhat I Learned at AWP
The Rumpus dispatched dozens of our top reporters to Chicago. None of them were heard from again.
...morePoetic Lives Online
AWP is approaching quickly, and though I won’t be there, lots of other poetry folks will be. Raymond Bianchi has a (short) list of restaurants that conference goers might want to check out, and he promises to give out more advice should you stop by his table.