Conversations and Connections is a one-day writer's conference that brings together writers, editors, and publishers in a friendly, supportive environment. Register here: https://www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

Our Panel: No, Really When Do You Write? Parents Writing (& Sometimes Not) with Kids

How and when do you find time to write as parents? Four busy parents with kids aged 4 to 18 discuss when they write and what tools they use (calendars, residencies, patience, flexibility, workshop groups, classes, etc.), as well as what has changed as their kids grow. They will also address accepting when it isn't possible to write (snow days, illness, etc.) and how to face pauses in writing.

Panelists: Hayes Davis, Yvette Neisser, and myself

The closing reception for Vantage Points: Women Artists and the Landscape will include a vibrant poetry reading from DC-area poets with a focus on themes of nature and ecology to enhance our engagement with the artwork in the show. Poets participating include Chole Yelena Miller, Indran Amirthanayagam, Sara Burnett, Majda Gama and others. We hope you can join this special collaborative event!

In the poem "Primary Source," Sara R. Burnett writes, “I’ve a better understanding of terror / and the miraculous.” In this time of great global and personal challenges, how do we write and live both the terror and the miraculous? Poet Sara R. Burnett and therapist Rachel Noble will discuss how to approach both as writers and humans. Burnett will read poems on the subject and Noble will offer some ways to find personal power in the face of fears. You’ll have a chance to pose your own questions in the Q&A.

We all dream of holding our first published book, bound and beautiful, in our hands. But how does that stack of printed-out pages on your desk turn into a finished book? Four debut poets from a range of backgrounds will offer detailed, transparent recountings of their journeys to a debut collection, addressing questions of manuscript preparation, publishing process, complications encountered, and post-publication advice. Audience Q&A will follow the presentations.

Co-presenters: Jocelyn Heath, Mary-Alice Daniel, Eileen G'Sell, & Anne Myles

Featuring Autumn House authors Cameron Barnett, Sara R. Burnett, Jennifer Conlon, Richard Hamilton, Charles Kell, Salvatore Pane, Erica Reid, Noley Reid, Lynn Schmeidler, Julie Marie Wade, and Amie Whittemore plus readers from Pitt Press, Barrow Street Press, and Four Way Books.

The reading is free to all, and there will be a cash bar and food!

If you’re at AWP… would love to meet you!

This event is an interactive hands-on activity where kids and adults of all ages are asked through collage and poetry to imagine an ideal sustainable community.

VENUE: Edgar Allan Poe Pavilion

SPEAKING: 11:15 am

SIGNING: 12:15 pm

Poetry Panel: Myth and Reclamation. Moderated by Naomi Thiers.

Love Letters will be dedicated to The Poet’s Corner co-founder Kathrin Seitz with a special poem written for her and read by Stephanie Smith. A dozen other poets will read including:

Lois Anne, Peter Beck, Anne Bergeron, Sara Burnett, Anna Dunlap, Alice Bingham Gorman, Margaret Haberman, Annaliese Jakimides, Carl Little, Maya Stein, Diane Thiel, and Debbie Walker-Lass.

This is a VIRTUAL FREE event. Please RSVP for login information.

https://www.thepoetscorner.org/events/love-letters

Featuring Jacqui Germain (Bittering the Wound), Wendy Wimmer (Entry Level), Emily Pifer (The Running Body)

Please RSVP here for the virtual login: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-release-reading-w-autumn-house-press-germain-burnett-wimmer-pifer-registration-438795026737

Exploring the capacity for hope in the face of fraught political and ecological landscapes, Burnett will read from Seed Celestial with a moderated conversation led by Chloe Yelena Miller, author of the poetry book, Viable. Q&A from the audience will follow afterward.

Lyrical Motion: A Poetry & Dance Collaboration

Horizon Hall Atrium

In a groundbreaking crossover event, Mason dancers choreograph dances to the poetry of Katherine E. Young, CJ Evans, Sara Burnett, Vivek Narayanan and Karyna McGlynn. Watch the debut of this powerful series, then hear the dancers and poets discuss their process.

Poet Lore and The Writer’s Center welcome poets Sara R. Burnett, Melanie Figg, and Elizabeth Hazen for a reading of their work on womanhood, trauma, memory, mythmaking, and more.

Please RSVP here: https://www.writer.org/event/burnett-figg-hazen/

Featuring Allison Wyss, author of Splendid Anatomies, and Chloe Yelena Miller, author of Viable

Admission is free but donations through UNICEF are encouraged. Please donate here: https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/unicef-children-crossfire-ukraine-crisis/39542?form=FUNCZQQBUQH&fundraiser=NHQWBHJU