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Date and Time11/21/2024 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM EST
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
TitleCritical Mentorship and Literacy Leadership with Preservice Teachers: Going beyond the Imposter Syndrome
11:30am for “Not so Perfect Families” YA session with Desmond Hall and Bryce Moore. Followed by Book Signing
StoryFest, Westport Public Library, CT
Panel: Inspiring Adolescent Readers & Writers: The Power of Young Adult Texts, with Bryan Crandall (moderator), Patricia Park, Torrey Maldonado, and Don P. Hooper. (Free with Festival Pass)
Full panel schedule & registration here.
Join us for the DC launch of WHAT’S EATING JACKIE OH? at the flagship Politics and Prose Bookstore in NW DC. Reserve your seat here.
I will be launching my new novel, WHAT’S EATING JACKIE OH? at the iconic Strand Bookstore in Manhattan. Reserve your seat here. Tickets
I’ll be reading from IMPOSTER SYNDROME with these fine YA writers: Jennifer Baker, FORGIVE ME NOT; and Jordan Castle, DISAPPEARING ACT.
I’ll be performing stand-up comedy. THE Janeane Garofalo will be headlining.
Discounted Tickets Here
I’m taking a beginner stand-up class! Come join us for our graduation performance, featuring new and established talent. Register here.
“High School is…: Fun. Tough. Messy. Join these authors for a high school reunion.”
Time TBD
Asian American Authors in Conversation
Check the festival site for the exact time and details! In sponsorship with Jabberwocky Books.
YA/Fiction
Saturday 1:00 PM
Old South Church
Who doesn’t remember the trauma of trying to fit in in high school? Magnify that by 100, and you might end up with something like Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim. Patricia Park’s debut YA novel is a funny, moving book on being caught between two worlds—in this case, a “woke” high school and a diverse neighborhood in Queens, New York.
Presenter: Patricia Park
Moderator: Natalia Martinez
9:30am MFA Faculty Panel Discussion
10:45am YA Fiction Craft Session
Conference Registration details here.
I’ll be on a panel discussion at Kweli’s Color of Children’s Literature Conference. Registration required. In-Person Event for members of the BIPOC community.
B. Novels / Memoir Track (YA & MG)
ON CRAFT
You Crack Me Up: Working in the Humor for Middle Grade & YA
Featuring: Donna Barba Higuera, Patricia Park and J.E. Thomas; moderated by Arely Guzman
I’ll be doing my Queens launch with my good friend and Queens sister, Bushra Rehman, author of ROSES, IN THE MOUTH OF A LION, a coming-of-age about a queer Pakistani American girl from Queens.
Off-site location TBD!
Sponsored by Kew & Willow Books
I’ll be reading from IMPOSTER SYNDROME at Les Bleus Literary Salon! 7pm at Wild East. RSVP: Please DM @LesBleusLiterarySalon on IG for RSVP. Free to attend. https://www.instagram.com/lesbleusliterarysalon/?hl=en
Sat, March 11, 3:20-4:35pm PT
Rooms 328-329, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 3
S210.
We’re All Imposters Here: On Writing with Imposter Syndrome
Our panelists look at each other and see successful, brilliant people, so why don’t we see ourselves that way? Why are feelings of not belonging and not being enough so pervasive for writers? Join the hosts of Poetry Unbound and Wednesday Night Poetry, the editor of Whale Road Review, and the author of Neruda on the Park for a wide-ranging discussion about the origins of imposter syndrome and our strategies for continuing to write and work.
with: (Katie Manning, Kai Coggin, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Cleyvis Natera)
Conference Registration required
Panel discussion, “Crafting Voice in YA Fiction” with award-winning YA writers Jennifer De Leon, Marie Myung-ok Lee, and Erika Sanchez. We will discuss:
What is YA literature and how is the voice different from an adult novel? Or from a children's or middle-grade novel? In this session, four diverse YA novelists will discuss how they constructed the voice of their stories. We will discuss characterization, POV, language, and other craft considerations in constructing the voice of the YA novel. We'll talk about pitfalls to avoid. We will also address how a YA audience is different from other genres.
Rooms 443-444, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4
AWP Conference registration required.
