WWPH at AWP in Kansas City, MO

Writing from the DMV – KICK OFF AWP with us!

Off-Site Event/Reading with WWPH, Day Eight, and Yellow Arrow Publishing

Bluford Conference Center at Lucile H Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library

3050 Prospect Ave, Kansas City, MO 64128

Wednesday, February 7th from 5-7 pm

Free and open to all!

Refreshments to be served.

Our kick-ass slate of readers include…

Jeffrey Banks/Day Eight

Greg Luce/ Day Eight

Holly Karapetkova/WWPH

Steven Leyva/ WWPH

Elizabeth Bruce/ WWPH

Elizabeth Knapp/ WWPH

Kathleen Wheaton/ WWPH

Andrew Klein/WWPH

Cassie Premo Steele/Yellow Arrow

Samantha Chagollan/Yellow Arrow

Raychelle Heath/Yellow Arrow

Critics Say

"Among the 111 pieces featured are a remarkable number of standouts — far too many to highlight here. But I was especially moved by the breadth of humanity on display in all its sadness, joy, rage, despair, and humor..."

—Washington Independent Review of Books on This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry & Fiction from DC, Maryland, Virginia

"This Is What America Looks Like is wildly diverse with short stories...and poetry speaking to relationships and experiences that redefine what identity means."

—Washington City Paper on This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry & Fiction from DC, Maryland, Virginia

"Refreshingly fearless and, like a subway's third rail, hums with electricity."

—Adam Ross, editor of the Sewanee Review on Adam Schwartz's The Rest of The World

"These brilliant poems stun the page..."

—Zakia Henderson-Brown on Steven Leyva's The Understudy's Handbook

"When I read the first poem in Words We Might One Day Say, I thought Holly Karapetkova was related to Gabriel Marquez. A surprise seems to appear in many of her poems. Some come close to being magical. I like how this woman writes about childhood. I want to grow old with this book."

——E. Ethelbert Miller on Holly Karapetkova's Words We Might One Day Say