MICHELLE MRUK
Every year, enclaves of my most book-obsessed friends travel to AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs), the largest literary conference in North America. The conference pops up in a different city each time and this year that city is Portland! Hooray! All the book people are coming here!
The funny thing is, none of my book people are going to the actual AWP conference. Instead they’re all talking about a “shadow AWP” or—as it’s actually named—the No Fair/Fair, which is being organized by Octopus Books’ Zachary Schomburg and a team of literature-loving Portland-area volunteers.
