Yet another takeaway from #AWP16: told by @MassReview editor that I never cashed the (massive) check for this piece, www.massreview.org/sites/default/files/Deue...

Announcing new chapbook by Li-Young Lee BOA Editions is thrilled to announce that, in honor of our 40th anniversary, we will be releasing The Word from His Song, a limited edition chapbook of new poems by Li-Young Lee!The chapbook is the eleventh installment in the BOA Pamphlet Series, which began in 1978 and has seen the publication of such poets as Donald Hall, Robert Bly, David Ignatow, Louis Simpson, W.D. Snodgrass, and Lucille Clifton. The Word from His Song features eight new poems by Li-Young Lee, bound together with a beautifully designed letterpress cover.Publisher Peter Conners says, "Since the publication of his debut collection, Rose (BOA Editions, 1986), Li-Young Lee has remained a singular, vital figure in American poetry. Because the publication and promotion of his works has been a focus of BOA’s efforts for the past 30 years, it feels fitting that on the 40th anniversary

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@rmennies' #fridayreads -- Li-Young Lee's new chapbook (thanks #AWP16!) via @boaeditions:

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My mom, sizing up my snazzy new @LRB tote bag from #AWP16, "Oh, that one of the ones you've written for." Me, quietly, "Not yet, mom."

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Post #AWP16 depression? Have no fear! The @RainbowBookFair is this weekend! http://bit.ly/23eqlde

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Wish I'd taken @AimeeBender's exercises and bingo card with me to #AWP16 http://www.flammableskirt.com/exercises/

@felsull just heard another writer from Columbia say (almost) exactly the same thing at #awp16

Ellen Bass at #AWP16: “It’s an honor to put my pebble on the altar of poetry.”

Safe travels home to all our fellow #AWP16 hustlers today! Please enjoy these goodbye tacos from us to you.

Fin. #blackpoetsspeakout #artisactivism #awp16 #wayup @ Los Angeles Convention Center https://www.instagram.com/p/BDudMTDipno/

I want to thank all the people who came to our #AWP16 panel, Handsome Men In Writing. I thought our convo on beard grooming went swimmingly.

Now, as is only fitting, I am hungover on a bus to Venice Beach that smells like piss & all I want to do is sit at my desk and write #AWP16

Well #AWP16 it was fun. So great finally to meet @MattWeiland @IsaacFitzgerald @likaluca and to see the fab @rabihalameddine @lsjamison etc

Ringing in the final night of #awp16, @chakrabsumita hears contrib @HadaraBar read for @memoriousmag

Ellen Bass at #AWP16: “I can trace the lineage of of my successful poems back to unsuccessful poems I wrote long ago”

“Blogging has to be a true outgrowth of what you’re doing anyway” for it to make sense for your career says @agent_ayesha #awp16

“I don’t think blogging is worth it [for writers] unless you monetize that blog.” —@kima_jones #awp16

When writing for free for book promo: “Be discerning about what you take on” + strategic says @agent_ayesha & @believekarolina #AWP16 6

“If you’re introverted, social media is your best friend” for book marketing/promo says @agent_ayesha #AWP16

When thinking about promotion of yourself: Identify 3 core concepts for yourself that you can be identified with says @kima_jones #AWP16

When evaluating writers to represent, @agent_ayesha looks for signs of commitment to writing life: fellowships, awards, degrees. #awp16

If you’re interested in hiring a book publicist, you need to approach one about 1 year in advance says @kima_jones #AWP16

“Publishers are not going to do very much to promote your book” so you have to get involved in the hustle says @agent_ayesha #AWP16

Of her expensive MFA degree that she’s paying off, @believekarolina says, “I have this fight w/myself all the time, was it worth it?” #AWP16

“You can’t get in [writing] for the money” says @believekarolina - it’s a long journey that might not pay off. #awp16

.@agent_ayesha says her author-clients have to make SOME kind of sacrifice to get writing done (time w/family-friends or money, etc) #AWP16

.@kima_jones says she enrolled in MFA program at late age so someone would force her to write & carve out the time from her day job. #AWP16

“I don’t eat from my writing, I eat from my book publicity [business]” says @kima_jones of her career as a writer #AWP16

We're at Booth 922 at #awp16! Come say hi!

After the dust settles. God will always give you some light. #claudiarankine #awp16… https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrS1sSCps1/