From AWP: Dispatch No. 4. Snapshots from the conference

Minnesota writers and students stay up late in Chicago

March 19, 2012 at 4:57PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

North Hennepin Community College students Shane Blegen and Jake Skurka at the Two Year College Caucus Reading. It's their first AWP.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

LeAnne Howe, novelist, poet and scholar.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Left on a chair: materials promoting Minneapolis poet Heid Erdrich, who will be reading from her new collection at AWP on Friday.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Poet Janet McAdams, author of "Red Weather," will launch her latest novel at AWP.

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Laurie Hertzel

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Freelance writer and former Star Tribune books editor Laurie Hertzel is at lauriehertzel@gmail.com.

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