Our statement about not attending #AWP20

Bull City Press staff and authors have been in close touch about the upcoming AWP conference, and have been monitoring AWP’s response to the news that a person released from quarantine in San Antonio tested positive for corona virus.

We regret to inform you that Bull City Press is canceling our table at the bookfair. Your health and safety are far more important to us than any conference, any reading, or any book signing will ever be. We are very concerned about how local San Antonio officials may respond in the coming days (with respect to travel restrictions & quarantines). We are also measuring our responsibilities to our local communities, since we come regularly into contact with immuno-compromised students and loved ones.

Many Bull City Press authors are still attending the conference, and due to the tremendous efforts of our partner presses and journals (Autumn House Press, Construction Lit, Birdcoat Quarterly, and New South), our offsite readings will still be held. We hope you’ll support those folks if you make the decision to travel to San Antonio.

Because we will not be at the book fair, we’re offering our AWP prices through our web site, with no coupon code needed. All books are $10, three for $24.99, or five for $40.

AWP sales generally account for 20% of our operating budget each year, so this decision hurts. We know it’s a lot to ask, but we’re asking: please help this small, independent, volunteer-run press stay afloat.

Love,
Ross, Noah, and the Bull City Press family

Bull City Press authors who have confirmed they WILL be attending: Cassandra J. Bruner, Leila Chatti, Siân Griffiths, Leah Silvieus, Stephanie Lane Sutton, Jim Whiteside.

Bull City Press authors who have confirmed they will NOT be attending: Anders Carlson-Wee, Marlin M. Jenkins, John LaPine, Tariq Luthun, Anna Ross, C.T. Salazar.

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Where to find Bull City Press authors

Cassandra J. Bruner: Thursday 7pm/Autumn House Press offsite reading; BRICK AT THE BLUE STAR, 108 Blue Star #1773, San Antonio, TX 78204; (see details below) https://www.facebook.com/events/629100514532388/

Cassandra Bruner: Saturday 3:20pm/Bodily Transformations: Reclaiming the Self; panel S249; Room 006C, Henry B. González Convention Center, River level; 3:20 pm to 4:35 pm; details: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/17624

Leila Chatti: see image below of updated AWP events

Leila Chatti: Thursday 9am/Two Decades of Arab Lit: Making Space for Complexity; panel R120; Room 008, Henry B. González Convention Center, River Level; 9:00 am to 10:15 am; details: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/18735

Leila Chatti: Thursday 8pm/Mob the Echo: w Adroit Journal, the American Poetry Review, Copper Nickel, the Missouri Review offsite; Ocho Bar, the Havana Hotel, 1015 Navarro St., San Antonio, TX 78205.

Siân Griffiths: Wednesday 6pm/Monster Mags of the Midwest reading (Cincinnati Review, Mid-American Review, Ninth Letter, The Journal), details: https://www.facebook.com/events/549484925774727/

Siân Griffiths: Friday 10am/book signing at Braddock Avenue Books table T-2127*.

Leah Silvieus: Thursday 4pm/The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit—book launch; The Cherrity Bar, 302 Montana St, San Antonio, TX 78203; https://www.facebook.com/events/242353606751903/

Leah Silvieus: Thursday 7pm/Autumn House Press offsite reading; BRICK AT THE BLUE STAR, 108 Blue Star #1773, San Antonio, TX 78204; (see details below) https://www.facebook.com/events/629100514532388/

Stephanie Lane Sutton: Friday 7pm/Another AWP Reading; Radius Center, 106 Auditorium Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78205; (see details below) https://www.facebook.com/events/601135457392899/

Jim Whiteside: Thursday 7pm/Autumn House Press offsite reading; BRICK AT THE BLUE STAR, 108 Blue Star #1773, San Antonio, TX 78204; (see details below) https://www.facebook.com/events/629100514532388/

Jim Whiteside: Friday 6pm/Yemassee Journal & Juke Joint Magazine reading; Davenport Lounge, 203 N Presa St, San Antonio, TX  78205.

Jim Whiteside: Friday 9-11:00am/book signing at the Adroit Journal table T-1225*.

*we’ve heard that the book fair might be adjusted to bring attending vendors closer together so be prepared that table numbers may change

—OFFSITE EVENTS—

05 M a r c h — T H U R S D A Y

Join authors from Bull City Press, Autumn House Press, and Four Way Books for an incredible reading!

**because plans can change last minute author line-ups are in flux**

Bull City Press readers: Cassandra J. Bruner, Leah Silvieus, & Jim Whiteside!

Readings also by Chad Abushanab, S. Brook Corfman, Michael Credico, Nan Cuba, Arielle Greenberg, Julia Guez, Charles Kell, and Eric Tran.

https://www.facebook.com/events/629100514532388/

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06 M a r c h — F R I D A Y

Join us for another rapid-fire AWP reading by Birdcoat Quarterly, Construction Magazine, Four Way Review, Inch, and New South Journal. Last year’s reading in Portland was a huge success, so we hope to see you all again in San Antonio. Readers include:

**because plans can change last minute author line-ups are in flux**

Stephanie Lane Sutton ★ Marcelo Hernandez Castillo ★ Todd Kaneko ★ Jennifer Jackson Berry ★ Nomi Stone ★ Eric Tran ★ Luther Hughes ★Karisma Price ★ Joy Priest ★ Dorsey Craft ★ Dylan Krieger ★ Sadie DuPuis ★ Rachel Crawford ★ Natalie Eilbert ★ Jihyun Yun ★ Jen Givhan

https://www.facebook.com/events/601135457392899/

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—PANELS OF NOTE—

05 M a r c h — T H U R S D A Y

Leila Chatti: R120. Two Decades of Arab Lit: Making Space for Complexity; Room 008, Henry B. González Convention Center, River Level; 9:00 am to 10:15 am. 

Leila Chatti: R184. Fierce Lineage, Poetic Agency: Women of Copper Canyon Press; Room 008, Henry B. González Convention Center, River Level; 12:10 pm to 1:25 pm. 

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06 M a r c h — F R I D A Y

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Maria Isabelle Carlos: F190. Asian Diasporic Poets Writing into Mythology; Room 209, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level; 12:10 pm to 1:25 pm.

Nomi Stone: F144. Science at the Source: Poetic Methods; Room 006A, Henry B. González Convention Center, River level; 10:35 am to 11:50 am.

Nomi Stone: F268. Poetics across the Disciplines; Room 214D, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level; 3:20 pm to 4:35 pm.

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07 M a r c h — S A T U R D A Y

Cassandra J. Bruner: S249. Bodily Transformations: Reclaiming the Self; Room 006C, Henry B. González Convention Center, River level; 3:20 pm to 4:35 pm.

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