On the third day of #AWP20, things we’re much the same as before: somewhat bigger crowds in the book fair with the folks who had book fair stickers instead of badges. Since our table was in the hinterlands and some of our neighbors packed it in early, we started to wonder whether we should haveContinue reading “Update, Day 3 of #AWP20”
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Update, Day 2 #AWP20
This will be a quick update, since day 2 was much like day 1. Smaller crowds, cancelled panels, a few more people in the book fair, and as far as I can tell, everyone seems healthy. In fact, I’m hearing more news of COVID-19 from other places than from here. Some of us may beContinue reading “Update, Day 2 #AWP20”
Update from #AWP20: Day 1
The first day of AWP in San Antonio was fine, if a little sleepy. The biggest problems were smaller crowds and cancelled panels. One of my students, Hollie, told about a panel on submitting where none of the panelists showed up, but lots of people were thee wanting to talk, so they took over theContinue reading “Update from #AWP20: Day 1”
#AWP20 in a Time of Coronavirus
More thoughts on my decision to attend AWP 2020 I thought about titling this “Love in a Time of Coronavirus” with a nod to Garcia Marquez, but then I thought better of it. On the one hand, my wife’s joke when we were disicussing whether or not to go was “Well, don’t kiss anyone!” IContinue reading “#AWP20 in a Time of Coronavirus”