Graywolf Press events at the 2009 AWP Conference and Bookfair

February 11, 2009--Graywolf Press will be in Chicago from February 11-14 for the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference and Bookfair. All readings and events will be held in the Hilton Chicago. Please visit us at booth #124 in the Northwest Hall, or join us at any of the following events:

Thursday, February 12, 1:30-2:45 PM
Continental C, Lobby Level
Another World Instead: Readings from the Early Poems of William Stafford, 1937-1947
Featuring Fred Marchant, Linda Pastan, Kim Stafford, Jennifer Barber, Kevin Bowen, and Mary Szybist

Thursday, February 12, 3:00-4:15 PM
Grand Ballroom, Second Floor
A Tribute to Albert Goldbarth
Featuring Rick Mulkey, Stephen Corey, Denise Duhamel, Barbara Hamby, Lia Purpura, and Graywolf Press Senior Editor Jeffrey Shotts

Friday, February 13, 1:30-2:45 PM
International Ballroom South, Second Floor
Graywolf Press 35th Anniversary Reading
Featuring Jeffrey Shotts, Jeffery Renard Allen, Eula Biss, Robert Boswell, Katie Ford, and D. A. Powell

Friday, February 13, 4:30-5:45 PM
Boulevard Room A, B, C, Second Floor
A Tribute to a Stranger: Thomas James
Featuring Mark Doty, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Tracy K. Smith, and Mark Wunderlich

Saturday, February 14, 4:30-5:45 PM
Wiliford C, Third Floor
A Tribute to Jason Shinder
Featuring Tony Hoagland, Marie Howe, Sophie Cabot Black, Victoria Redel, Tree Swenson, and Elise Paschen

For more details about these events and for a complete conference schedule, please visit the AWP website.