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Madville Publishing to Attend AWP23

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AWP, Association of Writers & Writing Programs

2023 AWP Conference & Bookfair

Seattle, Washington
March 8–11, 2023
Seattle Convention Center

Madville Publishing will once again be in attendance at AWP2023. These are the details we know so far:

Madville will be at Booth #722 in the book fair

Thursday, March 9, 2023

9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)

6:00-7:30 PM – Meet and Greet the Madvillans

Reception in the Ballard Ballroom, Sheraton Grand Seattle, Third Floor, Pike Street Tower
Madville Publishing invites friends and those who would like to become friends to join us for an opportunity to meet our authors. There will be libations!!

Friday, March 10, 2023

9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)

4:00-7:30 PM – Madvillans Read – Offsite event – (but it’s really onsite!)

The Columbia Room, Sheraton Grand, Seattle, Fourth Floor, Union Tower

(Readings from Jodi Angel, Lee Zacharias, Maurice Ruffin, Cherise Pollard, Lana Austin, Michael Gills, Francine Rodriguez, karla k. morton, Wondra Chang, Rick Campbell, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Makayla Gay, Bruce Overby, Susan O’Dell Underwood, Mike Hilbig, Dion O’Reilly, Hillary Behrman, Kim Addonizio, Anna Sandy-Elrod, Raye Hendrix, Jenny Molberg, Kim Davis, Lisa Rose, and Gigi Marino.)

Saturday, March 11, 2023

9:00-5:00 PM – in the book fair (Booth number 722)

9:00-10:15 AM (S118) Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty

(Luanne Smith,  Michael Gills,  Troy Wilderson,  Stephanie Powell Watts,  Francine Rodriguez)

While class is often the backdrop to a story rather than the main point, writing about poverty is often compartmentalized. Grit Lit, Street Lit, Kmart fiction, even noir, there seems to be a place to put this work rather than actually looking at it as writing about the human condition. This panel brings together prose writers from rural and urban settings to discuss commonalities, differences and the bigger picture when class is a major factor in the work.

Have a look at our Spring 2023 books, & help us launch them at AWP23

Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Image is of Dolly herself in a long black sequined dress, very low cut. she looks lovely and shiny on a black background. Pensive.
The Dog Years of Reeducation, Poems by Jianqing Zheng. White text is superimposed over monotone beige soybeans in the field with a dramatic blurred depth of field.
Biggest Little Girl, a novel by Jodi Angel. Front cover shows stained carpet like that you'd see in a sleazy casino. It has a pattern of yellow flowers on a dark red background.
Splinter, poems by Susan O'Dell Underwood. Weathered yellow board with red lettering for title.
The Green Mage front cover. Novel by Michael Simms, volume 1 in the Talon Trilogy. Original cover art by Andrew Dunn shows a pixie-like woman with pointed ears standing nose-to-nose with a fearsome looking dragon.
original cover art by Andrew Dunn, “Tessia and the Dragon”
Before All Who Have Ever Seen This Disappear, a Novel by Michael Gills. an old photo shows some members of a baseball team in a sepia-toned photo with creases, indicating it is old. The text is in red letters behind the players' heads.