10 AWP Off-Site Readings I Won't Be Attending

... because I'll be in front of my computer blogging for you!

Check these out if you find yourself in Minneapolis. The only thing better than a poetry reading is a reading with 2308734 poets you only see once a year.

 

THURSDAY

• Weird Atlas/Gazing Switchback — because feminist poetry. w/ Marisa Crawford, Cathy de la Cruz, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Soleil Ho, Anne Cecelia Holmes, Jenn Marie Nunes, Morgan Parker, Meg Day and Natalie Eilbert
  • The Crooked Pint. 501 Washington Avenue South. 6PM.
• SpringGun, Noemi, and 1913 Present: The Event 3 — because "food truck outside of the venue." w/ Bruce Covey, Brent Armendinger, Ryo Yamaguch, Kristen Evans, Eric Suzanne, Aby Kaupang, Amaranth Borsuk, Lily Hoang, Scott McFarland, Rodrigo Toscano, Caren Beilin, Christopher David Rosales, and more TBA
  • Harriet Brewing. 3036 Minnehaha Ave. 6:30PM.
• <3 POETRY: The Original Selfie Stick <3 — because the venue hosting 11 readers is named after Sisyphus. w/ Eric Amling, Jerriod Avant, Ben Fama, Elaine Kahn, Kelin Loe, Monica McClure, Guy Pettit, Niina Pollari, Sara Jane Stoner, Jennifer Tamayo and Mike Young
  • Sisyphus Brewing. 712 Ontario Ave W. 7:30PM.
• Chateau LaSalle — because "Chateau." w/ Lara Avery, Joshua Edwards, Ian Hatcher, Lara Mimosa Montes, Nick Montfort, Alexis Pope, Danniel Schoonebeek and Talin Tahajian
  • 1818 LaSalle Ave. 9PM.

 

FRIDAY

• GIRL FRIDAY: hosted by OUR FLOW IS HARD, WEIRD SISTER and DANCING GIRL PRESS — because "Honey has a full bar and food menu!" w/ Jia Oak Baker, Ashley Barr, Jessica Rae Bergamino, Emily Brandt, A. T. Grant, Bettina Judd, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Kelly Morse, Morgan Parker, Caitlin Scarano, Kimberly Ann Southwick and Zayne Turner
  • honey mpls. 205 E Hennepin Ave. 7PM.
• Unwin-Dunraven Literary Ecclesia present: NERVE METER — because this Artaud quote on the Facebook event page: "... no works, no language, no words, no mind, nothing." w/ A.T. Grant, Aaron Apps, Garett Strickland, Sarah Fox and Johannes Göransson
  • The Azonic Lodge. 3009 Longfellow Ave, Apt. 2. 7:30PM.
• BIG FRIENDLY GIANT: an AWP reading with Coconut, inter|rupture, smoking glue gun, TENDE RLOIN, Slope Editions and ILK — because #neverforgetRoaldDahl. w/ Adam Day, Gale Marie Thompson, Carrie Murphy, Aubrie Marrin, Sam Sax, Lynn Melnick, Kristin Sanders, DeWitt Brinson, Jennifer Tamayo, Shelly Taylor, Danielle Pafunda, Lucy Ives, Kit Frick
  • The Nicollet. 1931 Nicollet Ave. 8PM.

 

SATURDAY

• Good News! Insert Blanc Les Figues Wonder — because "closing with special musical guests." w/ Harold Abramowitz, Amanda Ackerman, Teresa Carmody, Andrew Choate, Michelle Detorie, Ian Hatcher, Elaine Kahn, Hilary Kaplan, Chelsea Hodson, Alexandra Naughton, David Shook, Mathew Timmons and Colin Winnette
  • The Acadia. 329 Cedar Ave. 5:30PM.
• Coconut + Bloof Wrap Party — because they're taking over a Masonic temple(?!). w/ Daniel Borzutzky, Jenny Boully, Jackie Clark, Shanna Compton, Bruce Covey, Caroline Crew, Natalie Eilbert, Ben Fama, K. Lorraine Graham, Arielle Greenberg, Kirsten Kaschock, Natasha Kessler, Jennifer L. Knox, Ginger Ko, Jenn Marie Nunes & Mel Coyle, Alexis Pope, Leah Sewell, Eszter Takacs and Emily Toder
  • Mason's Restaurant Barre, Tek Theater (2nd Floor). 528 Hennepin Ave South. 7PM.
• gondo poetry series reading — because it's almost time to leave Minneapolis. w/ Corina Copp, Nick Demske, Nathaniel Farrell, E. Tracy Grinnell, Johannes Göransson, Stefania Heim, Lucy Ives, Chris Martin, Daniel Poppick, Susan Scarlata, Mary Austin Speaker and Matvei Yankelevich
  • The White Page. 3400 Cedar Ave. 7PM.

 

Cheers!