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Communications @ AWP 2004 Conference in Chicago |
WordTech
Communications' senior editors Kevin Walzer and Lori Jareo left
their office in Cincinnati to attend the 2004 Associated Writing
Programs conference in Chicago the week of March 24. More than 3,500
attended this event at the Palmer House Hilton. The conference goers
used this opportunity to discuss the state of literature, including
fiction, poetry, and criticism. Many conference goers stopped by
the WordTech Communications table to discuss newly finished manuscripts,
upcoming readings and events, and the business of publishing. Dana
Gioia, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, also
stopped by to say hello. Here are some snapshots of the conference. |
Dana Gioia,
center, discusses the revised version of The New Formalism:
A Critical Introduction by Robert McPhillips, with WordTech
editors Kevin Walzer (left) and Lori Jareo (right). Later that evening,
Gioia delivered the keynote address for the 2004 AWP Conference.
He is the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, which
sponsored the conference. |
| Marilyn Taylor
(right) and Ingrid Wendt (center) and Stan Sanvel Rubin (left) discuss
a topic proposal for the upcoming 2005 AWP Conference in Vancouver,
British Columbia. Marilyn Taylor's book Subject to Change
appears on the David Robert Books imprint and Ingrid Wendt's book
The Angle of Sharpest Ascending is on the WordTech Editions
imprint; Stan Rubin's book Five Colors is on the CustomWords
imprint. |
| Jendi Reiter,
president of Winningwriters.com,
displays a copy of her book of poems, A Talent for Sadness.
Reiter signed several copies of her book during her event at the WordTech
table. A Talent for Sadness appears on the Turning Point
imprint. |
| John Smith,
a writer from Washington, DC, stops by the table to discuss a manuscript
that he's planning to submit to WordTech's CustomWords Poetry Prize. |
| Vivian Shipley
(right) and husband Ed Harris (left) of the Connecticut Review, discuss
her book of poems, When There Is No Shore, from WordTech's
Word Press imprint. It had recently been named as the winner of the
Connecticut Book Award for poetry. Ms. Shipley also wants conference
goers to see her grad students' unique new fundraising idea (sorry,
they sold out at the show). |
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