UNP will be exhibiting at the AWP Conference & Bookfair February 7-10. It’s the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Come visit us in booths 1334/1336 to browse our books and journals!

Attending the conference virtually or perhaps can’t make it? Check out our virtual book exhibit here for the same great books and conference discount.

Below is a schedule of UNP author panels, signings, and more!

Wednesday, February 7: Happening in the conference

Virtual. Patrice Gopo, author of Autumn Song, and Randon Billings Noble, author of Be With Me Always and editor of A Harp in the Stars, “When Essays Become Books: the Ins and Outs of Creating Collections.”

9:00 p.m. Jared Harél, author of Let Our Bodies Change the Subject, “Beloit Poetry Journal/32 Poems Reading at Nighthawk.”

Thursday, February 8: Happening in booths 1334/1336

All day: books on sale for 40% off (plus free shipping).

2:00-2:30 p.m. book signing with Laura Reece Hogan, author of Butterfly Nebula

3:00-3:30 p.m. book signing with Henrietta Goodman, author of Antillia

Thursday, February 8: Happening in the conference

9:00-10:15 a.m. Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, author of What Isn’t Remembered, “Autobiographical Fiction: Writing about Trauma, Memory, Identity, and Survival.”

9:00-10:15 a.m. Amina Gautier, author of Now We Will Be Happy, “The Language of Leaving: Puerto Rican Writers on/from the Diaspora.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Randon Billings Noble, editor of A Harp in the Stars, and Tim Hillegonds, The Distance Between, “Only This: Running a Themed Journal in an Era of Distraction and Specialization.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Toni Jensen, author of From the Hilltop, “Shaking Up the Memoir from Middle America.”

12:10-1:25 p.m. Torsa Ghosal, co-editor of Fictionality and Multimodal Narratives, “Indian Writers Challenge State Violence.”

12:10-1:25 p.m. Todd Fredson, translator of There Where It’s So Bright in Me and The Future Has an Appointment with the Dawn, “From the French but not from France: A Bilingual Reading of Francophone Poems, Sponsored by ALTA.”

12:10-1:25 p.m. Luisa Muradyan, author of American Radiance, “Low-Stakes Creative Writing in a High-Stakes School: Upper Story.”

12:10-1:25 p.m. “This is Nebraska: Appraising the State We’re In.”

1:00-2:00 p.m. book signing with Jared Harél, author of Let Our Bodies Change the Subject, at the Beloit Poetry Journal table, T1837.

1:45-3:00 p.m. Barrie Jean Borich, author of Body Geographic, “Dazzling Multiplicity of the Actual: Nonfiction Hybridity & Intersectional Form.”

1:45-3:00 p.m. Melissa Fraterrigo, author of Glory Days, “Women Reclaim the Page: Generative Writing to Beat Burnout.”

1:45-3:00 p.m. Denise Low, author of Turtle’s Beating Heart, “A More Perfect Union in Extreme Times: Kansas Poets Laureate.”

1:45-3:00 p.m. Tomás Q. Morín, author of Where Are You From, “Another Last Call: A Reading and Conversation with Sarabande Anthology Poets on Writing & Addiction.”

3:20-4:35 p.m. Julie Choffel, author of Dear Wallace, “Write Through It, Write To It: Finding Community in Adversity.”

3:20-4:35 p.m. Eric Freeze, author of Hemingway on a Bike, “Story Mode 2.0: Exercises for Writing Narrative Video Games.”

5:00-7:00 p.m. Jared Harél, author of Let Our Bodies Change the Subject, “Braving the Body Anthology Reading at Cheval on Main.”

Friday, February 9: Happening in booths 1334/1336

All day: books on sale for 40% off (plus free shipping).

10:00-10:30 a.m. book signing with Sonya Huber, author of Voice First

1:00-1:30 p.m. book signing with Tomás Q. Morín, author of Where Are You From

2:00-2:30 p.m. book signing with Sue William Silverman, author of Acetylene Torch Songs

3:00-3:30 p.m. book signing with Penny Guisinger, author of Shift

4:00-4:30 p.m. book signing with Patrice Gopo, author of Autumn Song

Friday, February 9: Happening in the conference

9:00-10:15 a.m. Susan Nguyen, author of Dear Diaspora, “Diasporic Poetics: Reading by Debut Asian American Poets.”

9:00-10:15 a.m. Patrice Gopo, author of Autumn Song, “Embracing Our Writer Identities: Women of Color Speak Candidly about the Journey.”

9:00-10:15 a.m. Amina Lolita Gautier, author of Now We Will Be Happy, “Bridging the Diaspora: A Bilingual Reading by Letras Boricuas Fellows.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Tomás Q. Morín, author of Where Are You From, “Til Death (or Edits) Do Us Part: The Significant Other in Creative Nonfiction.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Jon Pineda, author of Sleep in Me, “Draft, Draft, Goose: The Thinking Behind Revising.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. SJ Sindu, co-editor of the Zero Street Fiction Series, “‘Yes, And’: A Bisexual Exploration of Genre.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Sophie Klahr, author of Two Open Doors in a Field, “The Against Tradition Tradition: Contradiction & the Prose Poem.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Joy Castro, author of How Winter Began and editor of Family Trouble, “What Bookshelf Do I Belong On?: The Challenges of Literary Categorization.”

12:00-1:00 p.m. book signing with Jared Harél, author of Let Our Bodies Change the Subject, at the Pen Parentis table, T1115.

12:10-1:25 p.m. Susan Nguyen, author of Dear Diaspora, “Writing Life Post-MFA: Unearthing the Realities.”

12:10-1:25 p.m. Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, author of What Isn’t Remembered, “Crafting Unforgetting Characters-a Writer’s Guide to Storytelling.”

1:45-3:00 p.m. Dustin M. Hoffman, author of One-Hundred-Knuckled Fist, and Toni Jensen, author of From the Hilltop, “‘Life of Labor’ in Letters: Working-Class Storytelling.”

2:00-3:30 p.m. book signing with Jared Harél, author of Let Our Bodies Change the Subject, at the Prairie Schooner booths 1231 and 1233.

3:20-4:35 p.m. Torsa Ghosal, co-editor of Fictionality and Multimodal Narratives, “Melodrama and the Market: A Match Made in the Bedroom.”

3:20-4:35 p.m. Sonya Huber, author of Voice First, “The Hybrid Memoir: Weaving Personal Narrative with Research.”

3:20-4:35 p.m. Sophie Klahr, author of Two Open Doors in a Field, “Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Ecstasy & Agony of Collaborative Books.”

3:30-5:00 p.m. book signing with Romeo Oriogun, author of The Gathering of Bastards, at the Prairie Schooner booths 1231 and 1233.

4:45-6:15 p.m. Parul Kapur, author of Inside the Mirror, “AWP Award Series Reading & Celebration.”

Saturday, February 10: Happening in booths 1334/1336

In the morning: books on sale for 40% off (plus free shipping).

10:00-10:30 a.m. book signing with Parul Kapur, author of Inside the Mirror

Saturday, February 10: Happening in the conference

9:00-10:15 a.m. Siwar Masannat, managing editor of the African Poetry Book Fund, and Prairie Schooner, “Writing Poetry in English as a Second, Third, Etc. Language.”

9:00-10:15 a.m. Barrie Jean Borich, Body Geographic, “The Fine Art of Craft Talking.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Joy Castro, author of How Winter Began and editor of Family Trouble, “Dispatches from Ph.D. Land: Perspectives from Inside the Creative Writing Degree.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Matt Mason, author of Things We Don’t Know We Don’t Know, “Poetry on the Plains: Laureateship in the Midwest.”

10:35-11:50 a.m. Jennifer De Leon, editor of Wise Latinas, “Routine Means Keep Doing It: Giving Your Writing Practice Structure & Support.”

12:10-1:25 p.m. Dustin M. Hoffman, author of One-Hundred-Knuckled Fist, “Workshop Feedback: An Unmanageable Labor of Love?”

12:10-1:25 p.m. Lindsey Claire Smith, author of Urban Homelands, “Poetry to Empower Beyond Academia: The Oklahoma Example.”

12:10-1:25 p.m. Jody Keisner, author of Under My Bed and Other Essays, “The Facts Behind Memoir: How Research Expands the Vision and Market for Stories.”

1:45-3:00 p.m. SJ Sindu, co-editor of the Zero Street Fiction Series, “Transcending Trauma: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Sentimentality and Reductivism.”

2:00-4:00 p.m. Henrietta Goodman, author of Antillia, Laura Reece Hogan, author of Butterfly Nebula, and Sophie Klahr, author of Two Open Doors in a Field, “Crossroads: A Reading + Open Mic.”

3:20-4:35 p.m. Jennifer De Leon, editor of Wise Latinas, “Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education, Celebrating its Tenth Anniversary.”