This week and next, many University of Nebraska Press authors will be at the 2007 AWP Annual Conference held in peachy Atlanta, Georgia. So if you’re wandering around the Hilton Atlanta Hotel (255 Courtland St, NE/ Atlanta, GA/ 30303), be sure to visit our authors and the UNP booth.
At UNP Booth #41:
Thursday, March 1, 10:00-10:45 AM: Robert Vivian, author of The Mover of Bones
Thursday, March 1, 1:15 – 2:00 PM: Dinah Lenney, author of Bigger than Life
Thursday, March 1, 2:30 – 3:15 PM: Kathleen Flenniken, author of Famous
Friday, March 2, 10:00-10:45 AM: Philip F. Deaver, editor of Scoring from Second
Friday, March 2, 1:15 – 2:00 PM: Michael Downs, author of House of Good Hope
Friday, March 2, 2:30 – 3:15 PM: Joan Connor, author of The World Before Mirrors
Saturday, March 3, 10:00 – 10:45 AM: Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, authors of What Becomes You
Saturday, March 3, 1:15 – 2:00 PM: Rynn Williams, author of Adonis Garage
Author Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer), will be presenting at AWP:
Six indigenous writing teachers will discuss their experiences teaching American Indian texts to creative writing students, including Native and non-Native students, in both academic and community settings. In this presentation, we will explore such issues as the challenges and values of an indigenous-based pedagogy; the vital questions of voice, history, community that Native writing can bring to the creative writing workshop; and the ways teachers new to Native American writing can begin to introduce it in their classes.
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