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Conversations and Connections Conference
HL Mencken at last year's conference
If you’re anywhere near DC on April 11th, like within 250 miles I guess, you’ll want to sign up for the Conversations and Connections conference. It’ll be like AWP but with panels that are worth attending. There’s one about flash fiction and one about contests and I’m sitting on one that Reb Livingston put together about new ways to publish stuff. There’s a lot more, too, like craft lectures — but what I’m most looking forward to is the speed dating thing where I get ten minutes to be helpful talking face to face with people about their poetry. In such a short amount of time I’m sure I will be accidentally offensive, so this conference will be worth attending just to witness some lady kick the shit out of me with her purse.
Seriously, I recommend Conversations and Connections highly. It’s put together by the great people at Barrelhouse and a couple other journals and schools. A bunch of HTML Giant friends will be there. Plus you make the admission fee back in swag — a free book and a subscription to a journal.
Oh yeah, Amy Hempel is the keynote.
if anyone from philadelphia feels like giving me a ride to this, that’d be great, because i don’t have a car.
if anyone from philadelphia feels like giving me a ride to this, that’d be great, because i don’t have a car.
Hope to see you there, Sasha. Look forward to meeting you, Adam. If there is a ping pong table in the vicinity, the gauntlet has been thrown down.
Hope to see you there, Sasha. Look forward to meeting you, Adam. If there is a ping pong table in the vicinity, the gauntlet has been thrown down.
Yes! You should come! Also, if you do come, or if you just live in the area, you can come out that evening to the basement bar of The Big Hunt in Dupont Circle to see the Barrelhouse editors in their natural habitat. You will never respect us again, if you ever did in the first place.
Yes! You should come! Also, if you do come, or if you just live in the area, you can come out that evening to the basement bar of The Big Hunt in Dupont Circle to see the Barrelhouse editors in their natural habitat. You will never respect us again, if you ever did in the first place.
Looking forward to it. Where is everyone? Why isn’t anyone commenting? This is a major event. As Adam said: Like AWP, but…
Looking forward to it. Where is everyone? Why isn’t anyone commenting? This is a major event. As Adam said: Like AWP, but…
just tell the people what they wanna hear: there will be a craft lecture on writing sex scenes. that’s what I told my students.
just tell the people what they wanna hear: there will be a craft lecture on writing sex scenes. that’s what I told my students.
Ha, Laura, I like that. The story of mine you read yesterday probably dq’s me from leading that lecture.
Ha, Laura, I like that. The story of mine you read yesterday probably dq’s me from leading that lecture.
i am excited for this.
i am excited for this.