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Book-signings on Waywiser’s AWP stand
Washington Convention Center 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, Washington, DC, United StatesView Event
12:00 Austin Allen will sign copies of his Hecht Prize-winning Pleasures of the Game
12:30 Jaimee Hills will sign copies of her Hecht Prize-winning How to Avoid Speaking
1:00 Greg Williamson will sign copies of his The Hole Story of Kirby the Sneak and Arlo the True
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Hecht Prize / Waywiser Press Poetry Reading
The Den at Poltics & Prose Book Store 5015 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesView Event
To end the 2017 AWP conference on a high, five former Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize winners will read in the first half of this event; then, after a short break, five other poets published by The Waywiser Press will also read. Do join us at DC's premier independent book store.
Austin Allen (Hecht Prize winner)
Geoffrey Brock (Hecht Prize winner)
Morri Creech (Hecht Prize winner, Pulitzer Prize finalist)
Joseph Harrison (Guggenheim fellow)
Jaimee Hills (Hecht Prize winner)
Dora Malech (Clampitt fellow)
Eric McHenry (Kate Tufts Discovery Award winner)
Penelope Pelizzon (Norma Farber First Book Award winner)
Shelley Puhak (Hecht Prize winner)
Cody Walker (Clampitt fellow)Free -
Publication: The Trumpiad – Cody Walker
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The new U.S. president doesn’t read books, but for everyone else, there’s Cody Walker’s The Trumpiad, a blistering and hilarious take on America’s political collapse.
Key Difference: I wouldn’t lump / Trump / in with Hitler and Mussolini. / Trump’s hands are littler. (They’re teeny.)
The Trumpiad will be published on April 29th 2017, which will mark Trump's 100th day in office.All proceeds will be donated to the ACLU.
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Joseph Harrison will read at the FlowerMart Festival, Baltimore
The Peabody Institute 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD, United StatesView Event
Joseph Harrison, author of Someone Else's Name, Identity Theft, and Shakespeare's Horse, will read from his work. Reading with him will be former Poet Laureate of the UK, Andrew Motion, whose most recent collection is Peace Talks, and Abdul Ali, whose most recent collection is Trouble Sleeping.
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Austin Allen will read from his new collection, Pleasures of the Game
Carmine Street Metrics Otto's Shrunken Head, 538 E. 14th Street, New York, NY, United StatesView Event
Austin Allen, winner of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, will read from his prize-winning collection of poems, Pleasures of the Game. Reading with him will be Ernest Hilbert.
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Philip Hoy will speak about Waywiser at the Winchester Writers Festival
Stripe Auditorium, University of Winchester Sparkford Road, Winchester, United KingdomView Event
Philip Hoy, Editor-in-Chief of The Waywiser Press, and editor of A Bountiful Harvest: The Correspondence of Anthony Hecht and William L. MacDonald (forthcoming in October), will take part in Mslexia Magazine's Meet the Editors event at this year's Winchester Writers Festival on Friday 16th June. The event will be chaired by Mslexia editor Debbie Taylor, […]
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US launch of Mike White’s Addendum to a Miracle at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, United StatesView Event
Winner of the 12th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, Mike White, will be introduced by the judge who awarded the prize, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, and the two poets will take it in turns to read from their work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The event will be introduced by Waywiser's Senior American Editor, Joseph Harrison.
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Mike White will read from Addendum to a Miracle
The Printed Garden 9445 S Union Sq, Ste A,, Sandy, UT, United StatesView Event
Mike White will read from Addendum to a Miracle, which won the twelfth Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, and was a runner-up for the 15 Bytes Book Award for Poetry.
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US launch of Christopher Cessac’s The Youngest Ocean at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC, United StatesView Event
Winner of the 13th Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, Christopher Cessac, will be introduced by the judge who awarded the prize, Sir Andrew Motion, and the two poets will take it in turns to read from their work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The event will be introduced by Waywiser's Editor in Chief, Philip Hoy.
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Audrey Bohanan will read with Joseph Harrison and Dora Malech
Bird in Hand 11 E. 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesView Event
Please join Waywiser Press for the launch of Audrey Bohanan's new poetry collection, Any Keep or Contour, a finalist for the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Joseph Harrison and Dora Malech will read with Ms. Bohanan.
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