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2008 AWP Conference & Bookfair
New York City
January 30 - February 2, 2008

· More than 400 Presses, Publishers, & Journals at AWP's Bookfair
· More than 300 scheduled events and nonstop literary commotion!

 





Bookfair Exhibitors


Featured Readings By:

Keynote Address By:

John Irving
John Irving
 


 
 

Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa

Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds

 

 

 
     

William Kennedy
William Kennedy

Rae Armantrout
Rae Armantrout

Galway Kinnell
Galway Kinnell

Sue Miller
Sue Miller

 
     

Mark Strand
Mark Strand

James Tate
James Tate

Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky

Natasha Tretheway
Natasha Trethewey

 
     

Carolyn Forche
Carolyn Forché

Ha Jin
Ha Jin

Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates

Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer

 
     

Billy Collins
Billy Collins

Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt

Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez

Cynthia Ozick
Cynthia Ozick

 
     

Philip Lopate
Philip Lopate

Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel

Peter Cameron
Peter Cameron

Charles Simic
Charles Simic

 
     

Alice McDermott
Alice McDermott

Martin Amis
Martin Amis

Alan Cheuse
Alan Cheuse

Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat

 
     

 

Wit & Social Commentary in Contemporary Fiction:

     

Francine Prose
Francine Prose

Percival Everett
Percival Everett

Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan

Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis

 

 

U.S. Latino Writers Speak Out: A Literary Response
to the Immigration Crisis:

     

Benjamin Saenz
Benjamin Sáenz

Denise Chavez
Denise Chávez

 
     

Dagoberto Gilb
Dagoberto Gilb

Luis Urrea
Luis Urrea

Rubén Martínez
Rubén Martínez

 

 

Poetry of Grief & Faith:

     

Robert Bly
Robert Bly

Claudia Emerson
Claudia Emerson

 
     

Li-Young Lee
Li-Young Lee

Mary Karr
Mary Karr

C.K. Williams
C.K. Williams

 

 

Tributes To:

     

Edward Field
Edward Field

Ed Ochester
Ed Ochester

Alicia Ostriker
Alicia Ostriker

Richard Howard
Richard Howard

 
     

Louis Simpson
Louis Simpson

Richard Yates
Richard Yates

Judith Johnson
Judith Johnson

Lynda Hull
Lynda Hull

 
     

Carol Houck Smith
Carol Houck Smith

Marvin Bell
Marvin Bell

Gerald Stern
Gerald Stern

Russell Edson
Russell Edson

 


Photo Credits:

  • Sue Miller photo by Debi Milligan
  • Kinnell Galway photo by Bobbie Bristol
  • Mark Strand photo by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
  • Joyce Carol Oates photo by Marion Ettlinger
  • Frank McCourt photo by Kit DeFever
  • Sonia Sanchez photo by Marion Ettlinger
  • Cynthia Ozick photo by Nancy Crampton
  • Amy Hempel photo by Kenneth Chen
  • Peter Cameron photo by Florent Morellet
  • Amis Martin photo by Isabel Fonseca
  • Edwidge Danticat photo by Jill Krementz
  • A.S. Byatt photo by Michael Trevillion
  • Davis Lydia photo by David Ignaszewski
  • Richard Yates photo by Jill Krementz
  • Linda Hull photo by Michael Trombley
  • Denise Chávez photo by Kent Barker
  • Luis Urrea photo by Terri H. Fensel

 

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2008 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

Eastern Kentucky University

The Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Writing and Literature


Literary Partners

The Academy of American Poets

Bath Spa University Creative Writing Centre

Centre for New Writing, University of Manchester

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses

Houghton Mifflin Company

National Association of Writers in Education

The National Endowment for the Arts

New York University Creative Writing Program

Poets & Writers

The Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Society of America

Random House Publishing Group

Small Press Distribution


Benefactors

13th Moon Press, Publisher of 13th Moon: A Feminist Literary Magazine, and of The Little Magazine

The City University of New York

The Gettysburg Review

Sarah Lawrence College

University of Arizona Poetry Center

University of North Carolina Wilmington, MFA Program

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program


Patrons

The Bennington Writing Seminars Low Residency MFA Program

Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing

Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro

The Creative Writing Program at Hofstra University

Emerson College Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing

Eugene Lang College, Writing Program

Georgia College & State University/Arts & Letters

The MFA Program at Pennsylvania State University

The New School Graduate Program

Southern New Hampshire University

Tupelo Press

University of New Hampshire MFA Program

Virginia Tech


Sponsors

The Chattahoochee Review

Columbia College Chicago, English Department, Poetry Program

Hollins University

Knox College

The Literary Review

Loyola University of Maryland

NEOMFA, Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Program

New York State Writers Institute/Fence and Fence Books

Poets out Loud at Fordham University

Prairie Schooner

Rutgers Newark, the State University of New Jersey, MFA Program

Spalding University Brief Residency MFA Program

Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine

Suffolk University/Salamander

University of Colorado

University of Florida

University of San Francisco

Virginia Commonwealth University

Washington College

Western Connecticut State University


Contributors

Antioch University Los Angeles

Association of Literary Scholars and Critics

Bread Loaf Writers Conference

Emory University

Hartford College

Hiram College

Longwood University

Queens University of Charlotte

Rutgers University– Camden, The State University of New Jersey, MFA in Creative Writing

Southern Connecticut State University

The Southern Review

St. Joseph's University

Trinity College

University of Baltimore

University of Massachusetts Boston Creative Writing MFA Program

University of New Orleans Writing Programs

University of Tampa

University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Vermont College

Writers who play/Barton College

Zone 3/Austin Peay State University


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variety of benefits.

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Associate Director,
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