Graywolf Press Events at the 2008 AWP Conference

JANUARY 24, 2008-- Graywolf is headed to New York for the largest ever Annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference and Bookfair. For those of you who are registered for the conference, we hope you'll check out the stellar Graywolf events that are listed after the jump. For those of you in the New York area who weren't planning on attending the sold-out conference but would still like to see what all the fuss is about, we have great news: the AWP Bookfair will be free and open to the public on Saturday, February 2nd. Come by our booth and say hello to our staff, pick up a few discounted Graywolf titles, and meet some Graywolf authors.

GRAYWOLF ON THE PROWL AT AWP:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31st

9:00am-10:15am
Poetry of George Herbert: Five Takes by Five Poets
Featuring contributors to Radiant Lyre: David Baker, Ann Townsend, Stanley Plumly, Linda Gregerson, and Carl Phillips
Empire Ballroom, Sheraton, 2nd Floor

12:00pm-1:15pm
Tribute to Lynda Hull
Featuring David Wojahn, Elizabeth Alexander, Mark Doty, David Jauss, and Brenda Shaughnessy
Nassau Suite, Hilton, 2nd Floor

1:30pm-2:45pm
CLMP Panel: High-Profile Indie Publishers
Featuring Joanna Yas, Johnny Temple, Richard Nash, and Graywolf Director and Publisher Fiona McCrae
Conference Room K, Sheraton, Lower Level, Executive Conference Center

1:30pm-2:45pm
Wit and Social Commentary in Contemporary Fiction
Featuring Ofer Ziv, Francine Prose, Lydia Davis, Jennifer Egan, and Percival Everett
Empire Ballroom, Sheraton, 2nd Floor

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1st

10:30am-11:45am
Graywolf Press Reading
Featuring Mary Jo Bang, Ron Carlson, Matthea Harvey, Benjamin Percy, Tracy K. Smith, and Terese Svoboda
Followed by a signing at the Graywolf booth
Beekman & Sutton North, Hilton, 2nd Floor

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd

10:30am-11:45am
Art of Writing on Craft
Featuring Art of series authors Charles Baxter, Sven Birkerts, James Longenbach, Donald Revell, and Joan Silber
Followed by a signing at the Graywolf booth
Mercury Ballroom, Hilton, 3rd Floor

9:00am-10:15am
What Makes a Publisher Say Yes?
Featuring Graywolf Senior Editor Jeffrey Shotts, Jonathan Galassi, Jill Bialosky, Matthew Zapruder, Ed Ochester, and Michael Wiegers
Grand Ballroom East, Hilton, 3rd Floor

12:00pm-1:15pm
Editors, Agents & Publishers at Bread Loaf
Featuring Michael Collier, Carol Houck Smith, Miriam Altshuler, Fiona McCrae, and Janet Silver
Grand Ballroom West, Hilton, 3rd Floor

8:30pm
Reading by Robert Pinsky and Natasha Trethewey (Domestic Work)
Grand Ballroom West, Hilton, 3rd Floor

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Graywolf Press Events at the 2008 AWP Conference