Action at AWP 20 in San Antonio, March 5-7!
AWP Bookfair Booth: # 1757
Whale Prom Saturday 10-4
Thursday, March 5
Offsite Reading
Shitholes of the World, Unite 2.0
A Poetry Reading in Translation
6:30-9:30 pm
Little Carver Theatre
226 N. Hackberry
Join us once more for a reading that features an extensive list of some of our most recognized translator-poets reading poetry in English translation from shithole countries.
Sponsored by Action Books, co●im●press, and Puerto del Sol.
Friday, March 6
Panel
F176. Seeking the Ex-Centric: A Conversation with Editors and Translators
10:35 am-11:50am
Room 305, Henry B. González Convention Center, Ballroom Level
Action Editors Johannes Göransson and Katherine M. Hedeen and Action collaborators Michelle Gil-Montero and Jesse Lee Kercheval, among others, participate on a panel to discuss the crucial yet overlooked curatorial aspect of translation.
Action collaborators, friends, and comrades stop by to meet and catch up!
1pm-3pm
AWP Bookfair Booth # 1757
Offsite Reading
7pm-?
Cherrity Bar
302 Montana St
ACTION BOOKS, GREEN LANTERN PRESS, KENNING EDITIONS, and SMALL PRESS DISTRIBUTION invite you to an OFF-SITE READING by Fulla Abdul-Jabbar / Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro (reading Audre Lorde) / Joel Craig / Rachel Galvin / Katherine Hedeen (reading Legna Rodríguez Iglesias) / Cathy Park Hong (reading Seungja Choi) / Valerie Hsiung / Devin King / Olivia Lott (reading Soleida Ríos) / John Pluecker / Lara Schoorl / Jesse Seldess / Candice Wuehle at the Cherrity Bar, a two minute walk from the convention center / Cherrity Bar’s proceeds go entirely to worthy community non-profits / best Ramen and craft cocktails in San Antonio / admission is free /
Saturday, March 7
Book signing
Candice Wuehle’s DEATH INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
10:30 am
Whale Prom Table
Book signing
Valerie Hsiung’s YOU & ME FOREVER
11am
AWP Bookfair booth #175
Authors will be available to sign copies of their just released titles.