"The New Sonneteers": a reading and book signing with Malachi, Laurie Ann Guerrero, and A. Van Jordan, hosted by Teri Cross Davis.  For more information, click here

Demystifying the Market: Multiple Paths to the First Book

In a dizzying poetry marketplace, how do writers determine where to submit? Authors of books from Copper Canyon, Milkweed, Alice James, the Akron Series of Poetry, and the University New Mexico will discuss the three main avenues open to first-book poets: contests, open reading periods, and solicitation from presses. Drawing on a range of personal experience, they will talk candidly about the merits of each option, offering advice on manuscript submission, the revision process, and promotion.

Room 503, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level

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"Poems: A Reading from New Collections" celebrates Storm Toward Morning,  Beth Bachmann's Do Not Rise, and Ralph Hamilton’s Teaching a Man to Unstick His Tail. Center Gallery (Room 1365).

A reading and book signing with Gary Dop, author of Father, Child, Water, forthcoming in 2015 from Red Hen Press.

Hosted by Katherine Hastings

A reading and book signing at Tempe's leading independent bookseller.

A reading and book signing at Iowa City's literary haven with Randall Potts, author, most recently, of Trickster (University of Iowa Press, 2014).

A reading with Adam Vines, author of The Coal Life (University of Arkansas Press, 2012); Erin Elizabeth Smith, author, most recently, of The Naming of Strays (Gold Wake Press, 2011); and Melanie Jordan.

The Kraken Reading Series is an independent reading series based in Denton, TX, hosted by Trista Marie Edwards and Nick McCrae.

A reading and book signing with Claudia Rankine, author, most recently, of Don't Let Me Be Lonely (2004) and Citizen (2014), both from Graywolf Press.

A reading at one of Tuscon's premier literary landmarks with Susan Briante, author, most recently, of Utopia Minus (Ahsahta Press, 2011).

A reading at the Salt Lake City Public Library with Jacqueline Osherow, author, most recently, of Ultimatum from Paradise (LSU, 2014).

Hosted by J.P. Dancing Bear

A reading and book signing in celebration of The New Quarterly at one of New York's most storied poetry venues.

A reading and NYC book launch at the brick and mortar store of one of the nation's premier poetry book peddlers, with Mark Bibbins, author, most recently, of They Don't Kill You Because They're Hungry, They Kill You Because They're Full (Copper Canyon, 2013); Rebecca Gayle Howell, author of Render / An Apocalypse (Cleveland State, 2013);  Roger Reeves, author of King Me (Copper Canyon, 2013); and Matthew Yeager.

With Meg Day, author of Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street, 2014), and Rodney Koeneke, author, most recently, of Etruria (Wave Books, 2014).

A reading and book signing with Meg Day, author of Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street, 2014).

A reading and book signing for UC-Irvine's Hill Author Series.

A reading and book signing at Austin's premier independent literary bookseller with Michael McGriff, author, most recently, of the poetry collection Home Burial (Copper Canyon Press, 2012) and co-author of the forthcoming story collection Our Secret Life at the Movies (A Strange Object, November 2014).

A reading and book signing at Houston's leading bookstore and literary haven with Roger Reeves, author of King Me (Copper Canyon Press, 2013).

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