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| Friday, March 10, 2023 | |
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9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. | |
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Rooms 427-429, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4 |
F119. From getting an agent to working with an editor to doing publicity, the life of a writer is filled with potential pitfalls. What are things you should do before you ever sign with an agent? What are definite no-nos while trying to get an agent? How many of your editor’s changes do you accept? What are tips for a great reading? How can you best do publicity? These seasoned writers talk about their own experiences with different agencies and publishing houses and share their hard-earned advice. Download event outline and supplemental documents.Jean Kwok is the award-winning, international bestselling author of Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and Searching for Sylvie Lee, which was a Read with Jenna Today Show Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller. Her work has been published in twenty countries and is taught in schools across the world. Twitter Username: jeankwok Website: https://www.jeankwok.com/ Angie Kim is a Korean immigrant and debut author of the international bestseller and Edgar winner Miracle Creek, which is being translated into over 20 languages. She has written for Vogue, the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, Glamour, and numerous literary journals. Twitter Username: AngieKimWriter Website: www.angiekimbooks.com Rebecca Makkai's fifth book, I Have Some Questions for You, is out in early 2023. Her novel The Great Believers was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award; it won the LA Times Book Prize, the Carnegie Medal, and the Stonewall Award. She is artistic director of StoryStudio Chicago. Twitter Username: rebeccamakkai Website: www.rebeccamakkai.com Mitchell S. Jackson is the winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and the 2021 National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. He is the author of the novel The Residue Years and the memoir Survival Math. He teaches creative writing at Arizona State University. Twitter Username: mitchsjackson Website: www.mitchellsjackson.com Danielle Trussoni is a New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times top-ten bestselling author whose novels have been translated into 33 languages. She has served as the jury chair of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and currently writes the Dark Matters column for The New York Times Book Review. Twitter Username: danitrussoni Website: www.danielletrussoni.com |
3:20 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. | |
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Rooms 435-436, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4 |
F228. In a celebratory gathering of Latine/x writers across various genres, sexualities, and gender identities, we discuss writing queerness, queer families (both lost and found), and queer communities. We examine what it means to be both Latine/x and LGBTQIA in the contemporary US and Latin America. How do the tensions and friction of this positioning manifest within literary work? In what ways do they block or generate innovative writing? How do we resist the dominant institutional models? Jaquira Díaz is the author of Ordinary Girls, an Indies Introduce Selection, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, and an Indie Next Pick. Her work has been published in Rolling Stone, the Guardian, The Fader, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and The Best American Essays 2016. Twitter Username: jaquiradiaz Website: www.jaquiradiaz.com Angie Cruz is the author of the novels, Dominicana and How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. She teaches at University of Pittsburgh and is the editor of asterixjournal.com. For more info: angiecruz.com. Twitter Username: acruzwriter Carolina de Robertis (they/she) is the author of five novels, including The President and the Frog, finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the PEN/Jean Stein Award, and Cantoras, winner of a Stonewall Book Award and a Kirkus Prize finalist. She teaches at San Francisco State University. Twitter Username: caroderobertis Website: www.carolinaderobertis.com Raquel Gutiérrez is a writer, critic, and educator. Her/Their first book Brown Neon was just published by Coffee House Press. She/They are a 2021 recipient of the Rabkin Prize in Arts Journalism. Gutiérrez teaches in the Oregon State University-Cascades Low Residency Creative Writing MFA Program. Twitter Username: raquefella Website: www.raquelgutierrez.net Julián Delgado Lopera is an award-winning Colombian writer and historian based in San Francisco. Twitter Username: juliandlopera Website: julianadlopera.com |
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