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Association of Writers & Writing Programs 2024

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 Kansas City, Missouri in 2024.

Date
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Venue
Kansas City Convention Center
301 W 13th St #100
Kansas City MO
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Black Indian

A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan

A moving memoir exploring one family’s legacy of African Americans with American Indian roots.

Paperback
Published: August 2019
ISBN: 9780814345801
$26.99
eBOOK
Published: August 2019
ISBN: 9780814345818

Diver Beneath the Street

Petra Kuppers

True crime meets ecopoetry at the level of the soil, bringing together life and death.

Paperback
Available February 2024
ISBN: 9780814351116
$17.99
Ebook
Available February 2024
ISBN: 9780814351123
$17.99

Enough to Lose

RS Deeren

Stories of the small-town struggle to reconcile tradition with inevitable change.

Paperback
Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350409
$19.99
Ebook
Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350416
$19.99
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Hadha Baladuna

Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging

Edited by Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, and Sally Howell

Named a Michigan Notable Book for 2023 by the Library of Michigan! A vibrant collection of essays and poems exploring the diverse range of the Arab American experience, as writers explore the notions of home, belonging, and social mobility.

Paperback
Published: June 2022
ISBN: 9780814349250
$25.99
eBOOK
Published: June 2022
ISBN: 9780814349267
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How It Happens

Jean Alicia Elster

Intergenerational story of three Black women and their struggle to stake their claim to the American dream.

Paperback
Published: September 2021
ISBN: 9780814348697
$18.99
Ebook
Published: September 2021
ISBN: 9780814348703
$18.99

Infertilities, a Curation

edited by Robin Silbergleid, Maria Novotny, and Elizabeth Horn

Visual art and writing on the immediate and lasting emotional toll of infertility.

Hardcover
Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350652
$39.99
Ebook
Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350669
$29.99

Irregular Heartbeats at the Park West

Russell Brakefield

Bold yet vulnerable poems that traverse family, friendship, grief, Americana, and the writer's life.

Paperback
Available January 2024
ISBN: 9780814351024
$17.99
Ebook
Available January 2024
ISBN: 9780814351031
$17.99

stilettos in a rifle range

Poems by Tyrone Williams

Poems about the joys and struggles of complex, contemporary life—and heartbreak.

Paperback
Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814350188
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: December 2022
ISBN: 9780814350195

What to Count

Alise Alousi

A lyrical exploration into the personal and political conflicts and identities that frame a life.

Paperback
Published: August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350706
$17.99
Ebook
Published: August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350713
$17.99