Meet Us in Portland

Tim Seibles signs copies of One Turn Around the Sun and Fast Animal at AWP17.
Etruscan Press will once again be attending the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference (AWP). The 52nd event, AWP19 will be held in Portland, Oregon from March 27 – 30, 2019 at the Oregon Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 87232).
In partnership with Wilkes University, Etruscan will be located in booth 3031.
Etruscans attending:
- Kazim Ali
- Laurie Jean Cannady
- Robert Eastwood
- Patti Horvath
- David Lazar
- Paul Lisicky
- Shara McCallum
- J.D. Schraffenberger
- Tim Seibles
- Alix Anne Shaw
- Daneen Wardrop

J. D. Schraffenberger and D. M. Spitzer signed books at the Wilkes/ Etruscan booth at AWP 17.
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Que savent-ils?: What Classic Essays Can Teach Contemporary Essayists — B114, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
David Lazar – Who’s Afraid of Helen of Troy: An Essay on Love
Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology Reading — Portland Ballroom 256, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Thursday, March 28: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Tim Seibles – Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun
#MeToo, Girlhood: Writing and Subverting Childhood Sexual Violence — E145, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28: 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Laurie Jean Cannady – Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul
Ending for the End Times? — Portland Ballroom 255, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Thursday, March 28: 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Paul Lisicky – The Burning House
Old School Slam and Open Mic — B113, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28: 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight
Stanton Hancock – Wilkes University Alum
Friday, March 29, 2019
Rewriting History: Why It’s Not Okay to Fictionalize Our Memories — B114, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29: 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Patti Horvath – All the Difference
Reinventing the Wheel: The Tradition of Innovation in Poetry — Portland Ballroom 256, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Friday, March 29: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Kazim Ali – The Disappearance of Seth
Impact and Empathy: Service-Learning and Creative Writing — D139-140, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
J. D. Schraffenberger – Saint Joe’s Passion

Laurie Jean Cannady discusses her writing process and signs copies of Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul at AWP17.
Am I Really Going to Do This Until I Die? — Portland Ballroom 256, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Friday, March 29: 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Paul Lisicky – The Burning House
Open Mic and Old School Slam — B113, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29: 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight
Stanton Hancock – Wilkes University Alum
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Fifty Years of FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics — B115, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Saturday, March 30: 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Kazim Ali – The Disappearance of Seth
Changing of the Guard: Editors on Inclusion and Diversity in Literary Journals — Portland Ballroom 255, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Saturday, March 30: 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
J. D. Schraffenberger – Saint Joe’s Passion
How We Need Another Soul to Cling to: Writing Love Poems in Difficult Times — D139-140, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Saturday, March 30: 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Tim Seibles – Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun
Boulevard 35th Anniversary & 100 Issues Reading — B116, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Saturday, March 30: 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Shara McCallum – Poems and Their Making

Remica Bingham-Risher signs copies of What We Ask of Flesh at AWP17.
Book Signings (Booth 3031):
Thursday, March 28, 2019
4:15 p.m. – Laurie Cannady (author of Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul)
Friday, March 29, 2019
10:00 a.m. – Robert Eastwood (author of Romer)
11:00 a.m. – Alix Anne Shaw (author of Rough Ground)
2:00 p.m. – Patricia Horvath (author of All the Difference)
4:00 p.m. – Daneen Wardrop (author of Silk Road)
Saturday, March 30, 2019
TBD – Bruce Bond (author of Choir of the Wells, Cinder, The Other Sky, and Peal)