I enjoyed attending the 2024 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in Kansas City (February 7-10).
In addition to Jericho Brown’s stirring keynote address, I especially appreciated meeting many writers for the first time, including some responsible for editing my work (Lauren Alwan, Justin Hamm). Other highlights included panels on autobiographical fiction (Chris Dennis, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, Jeffrey Dale Lofton, Sasha Vasilyuk, Maria Kuznetsova), publishing after age fifty (Anne Elliott, Jimin Han, LeTonia Jones, Louise Marburg, Karen Schubert), and #booktok (Emily Hizny, Sarah Ledet, Maggie Mauro, Elle Pasquale, Amber Watkin).
