Meet Us in Tampa

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 51st event, AWP18 will be held in Tampa, FL from March 7 – 11, 2018 at the Tampa Convention Center (333 S. Franklin Street, Tampa, FL 33602) and the adjacent Tampa Marriott Waterside (700 S. Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602).

In partnership with Wilkes University, Etruscan will be located in booth 1202.

Etruscans attending:

Kazim Ali
Nin Andrews
Remica Bingham-Risher
Bruce Bond
Laurie Jean Cannady
David Lazar
Paul Lisicky
Carol Moldaw
Aaron Poochigian
J. D. Schraffenberger
Tim Seibles

J. D. Schraffenberger and D. M. Spitzer signed books at the Wilkes/ Etruscan booth at AWP 17.

Thursday, March 8, 2018 

Stay In Your Lane Or… — Room 7, 8, & 9, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Thursday, March 8: 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Remica Bingham-Risher – What We Ask of Flesh and Tim Seibles – Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun

Fierce Muses: Inspiration During Times of Social Unrest — Room 13, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Thursday, March 8: 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Paul Lisicky – The Burning House

Wesleyan University Press Poetry Reading — Room 18 & 19, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Thursday, March 8: 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Kazim Ali – The Disappearance of Seth

Friday, March 9, 2018

More and Different: Literary Nonfiction and the University Press — Room 23, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Friday, March 9: 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
David Lazar – Who’s Afraid of Helen of Troy: An Essay on Love

Stealing from STEM: Applying Pedagogies From Other Disciplines in the Creative Writing Classroom — Grand Salon A, Mariott Waterside (2^nd Floor)
Friday, March 9: 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
J. D. Schraffenberger – Saint Joe’s Passion

What We Really Tell When We Tell of Home: The Resonant Poetics of Narrative — Room 14, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Friday, March 9: 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Tim Seibles – Fast Animal and One Turn Around the Sun

Laurie Jean Cannady discusses her writing process and signs copies of Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul at AWP17.

How to Hit the Ground Running: Strategies for Building Better Workshops — Room 11, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Friday, March 9: 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Paul Lisicky – The Burning House

Saturday, March 10, 2018

The Future of Forms — Room 7, 8, & 9, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Saturday, March 10: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Kazim Ali – The Disappearance of Seth 

An Uncommon Presence: Celebrating CavanKerry Press and Its Outgoing Publisher, Joan Cusack Handler — Cody D. Todd Memorial Stage, Sponsored by USC, Exhibit Hall, Tampa Convention Center (3^rd Floor)
Saturday, March 10: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Nin Andrews – Advisory Board Member

Tearing Down Societal & Family Myths in Creative Writing — Room 25, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Saturday, March 10: 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Laurie Jean Cannady – Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul

Four Ways Books Stage Reading, Part 2  — Virginia Barber Middleton State, Sponsored by USC, Exhibit Hall, Tampa Convention Center (3^rd Floor)
Saturday, March 10: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
Carol Moldaw – The Widening and So Late, So Soon

30 Years of Influence Across Genres in Indigenous Literature: Tribute for Diane Glancy  — Room 18 & 19, Tampa Convention Center (1^st Floor)
Saturday, March 10: 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Bruce Bond – Choir of the Wells, Cinder, The Other Sky, and Peal

Hair as Myth and Metaphor: Five Women Poets on Cultural Transgression —  Grand Salon D, Mariott Waterside (2^nd Floor)
Saturday, March 10: 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Nin Andrews – Advisory Board Member

Remica Bingham-Risher signs copies of What We Ask of Flesh at AWP17.

Book Signings (Booth 1202):

Friday, March 9, 2018

1:00 p.m. – Tim Seilbes (Fast Animal and One More Turn Around the Sun)

2:00 p.m. – Aaron Poochigian (Mr. Either/Or)

Saturday, March 10, 2018

1:00 p.m. – Laurie Cannady (Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul)