S191.

Outside of Class: Tentative Outlines & Turning Paths

120C, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level
Saturday, March 26, 2022
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm

 

A thesis often represents a student’s cumulative work in a creative writing program. But what happens next? Panelists who have recently published their first books, will discuss their creative processes, what changes they made from thesis to book publication, how publication affected them, and the challenges they faced, such as revision, submitting to journals and prizes, seeking an agent, and applying to residencies. These authors will offer practical advice to attendees and hold a brief Q&A.



Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: AWP_2022_-_Outside_of_Class_-_Tentative_Outlines_and_Turning_Paths_Outline_-3.3_.2022_.pdf

Participants

Moderator:

Charles Kell is the author of Cage of Lit Glass, chosen by Kimiko Hahn for the 2018 Autumn House Press Poetry Prize. He is assistant professor of English at the Community College of Rhode Island and editor of the Ocean State Review.

Natalie Homer is the author of the poetry collection Under the Broom Tree. She has an MFA from West Virginia University.

Michael X. Wang, born in China's mountainous interior, immigrated to the United States when he was six. He is the author of the story collection Further News of Defeat, which won the PEN/Bingham Prize. His stories can be found in the New England Review and Hayden’s Ferry Review.

Anna Caritj holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MFA in creative writing from Hollins University. She received the Wagenheim Fiction Prize in 2012 and was a winner of AWP's 2016 Into Journals Project. Her first novel, Leda and the Swan, came out in May 2021 with Riverhead Books.

Chad Abushanab

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