Posted on March 19, 2023October 13, 2023 by Delaney Rose AWP 2023 Recap We had a wonderful time at AWP 2023 in SeattlePoet Rick Campbell reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Queen Dolly regally awaits selfies with fans at the Book Fair! Photo by Lee Zacharias. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Wondra Chang reads from her Sonju during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Jenny Molberg reads during the Madvillans Read Event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author and photographer Lee Zacharias takes a photo with authour Michael Gills. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Mike Hilbig reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Anna Sandy-Elrod reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Michael Gills reads from The Green Mage during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Maurice Carlos Ruffin and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis take a photo with Dolly at the Book Fair. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Poet Rick Campbell reads from his collection Gunshot, Peakcock, Dog at Madvillans Read. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Kari Gunter-Seymour reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Writer Cherise Pollard reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Former Texas Poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Writer Troy E. Wilderson reads during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Bruce Overby reads from The Cyclone Release at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Ulrick Casimir reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Lisa Lanser Rose reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Mike Hilbig reads during the Madvillains Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Jodi Angel speaks during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Poet Raye Hendrix reads during the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Former Texas Poet laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Lisa Lanser Rose reads at the Madvillans Read event. Michael Gills reads from The Green Mage during the Madvillans Read event. Former Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton reads from her collection, Turbulence and Fluids, during the Madvillans Read event. Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis, author Lisa Lanser Rose, unknown, and writer Cherise Pollard take a group photo before setting up the Book Fair booth. Author Kari Gunter-Seymour reads during the Madvillans Read event. All the books ready to go to the Book Fair! Author Jenny Molberg reads during the Madvillans Read Event. Author Anna Sandy-Elrod reads during the Madvillans Read event. The view from the conference hotel in Seattle. Writer Cherise Pollard reads during the Madvillans Read event. Our beautiful booth, stocked with books for AWP 2023! Bill Davis sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023. Author Stephanie Powell Watts during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Michael Gills speaks during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023. Poet Raye Hendrix reads during the Madvillans Read event. Sightseeing in Seattle before AWP 2023. Cat Smith and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis pose in front of the Madville Publishing booth poster at AWP 2023. Author Bruce Overby reads from The Cyclone Release at the Madvillans Read event. Francine Rodriguez laughs as Jodi Angel speaks during the The Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel. Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Author Jodi Angel reads at the Madvillans Read event. Photo by Lee Zacharias. Cat Smith and author Francine Rodriguez eat dinner at Ristorante Barolo Ristorante. Former Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton and Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis pose in front of the Dolly poster. Karla is holding a stack of copies of her poetry collection, Turbulence and Fluids. Madville Publishing founder Kim Davis and author Stephen Powers take a photo in front of the Dolly poster. Lana K. W. Austin, author of Like Light, Like Music, reads at the Offsite Reading at The Chieftain Irish Pub: Madville Publishing, Iris Press, and Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Author Susan O’Dell Underwood reads at the Madvillans Read event. Author Mike Hilbig reads during the Madvillains Read event. Author Francine Rodriguez gets a photo with the Dolly poster at the AWP Book Fair. Francine Rodriguez reads from A Woman’s Story during the Urban and Rural: Writing about Poverty panel.