Wed Mar 8
6.00pm
6.00pm
Opacity of Performance – An AWP Offsite Event [In-Person Only]
event
NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Recent variants of Covid-19 readily infect and spread between individuals regardless of vaccination status.
NWFF is adapting to evolving recommendations to protect the public from Covid-19. Read more about their policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here.
Mar. 8
6–7pm | Opacity of Performance: Literary Reading and Dance Performance with Takahiro Yamamoto, Jang Wook Huh and Heather Kravas
7:30–8:30pm | Spanner: Multimedia Literary Reading with Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Sasha LaPointe, Troy Osaki, and Jasmine Elizabeth Smith
Mar. 9
5:30–7pm | Off the Page: Poetry Workshop with Patrycja Humienik and Cadence Video Poetry Festival, presented by Video Poet Kamari Bright and Black Cinema Collective
8–11pm | Black SWANA Lit: Mizna Reading + DJ: Launch Party, Poetry Reading and Dance Party with Safia Elhillo, Romaissaa Benzizoune, Samah Fadil, Umniya Najeer and Ladin Awad
Mar. 10
8:00–11pm | TRIPTYCH: A Reading, a Screening, and a Dance Party: Literary Reading and Screening with TriQuarterly, Denver Quarterly/FIVES, and Southeast Review
Mar. 11
1–3pm | A NoMaterial Symposium: Noise Take Over with Black Sun Lit, author Carlos Lara and musician Brian Amsterdam
4–5:30pm | Somatic Spiraling: The Body as a Creative Resource: Embodied Workshop with Emily J. Mundy and Amy Hirayama
7:30–9pm | Good Symptom: Literary Video Screening with The 3rd Thing
March 8–11, 2023
Seattle Convention Center (705 Pike St.)
The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. It includes thousands of attendees, hundreds of events and bookfair exhibitors, and four days of essential literary conversation and celebration. The AWP Conference & Bookfair has always been a place of connection, reunion, and joy, and we are excited to see the writing community come together again in Seattle, Washington in 2023.