Finding Our Place: Pulley Press at AWP Seattle 2023
The Association of Writers and Programs Conference (AWP) came to Seattle and this meant that we saw thousands of writers and editors stumbling around downtown and Capitol Hill. Our intrepid Pulley Press interms, Zaira Bardos, Kate Brackman, Krista Orejudos, and Julia Park, ran the booth and enthusiastically spread the word about Pulley Press from a humble table in a far-off corner speaking to passersby.
AWP brings in poets, writers, and industry folks from all over the country, and the Pulley team met people from New York City, New Orleans, Tuscaloosa, and other far-off places. The overarching theme of what they learned about the other writers in attendance? How writing (and publishing for the Pulley team!) started as pursuits that began as small passion projects and grew and grew into a lifetime passion.
Lest you think we were just there to sell books, a true highlight was when Ricardo Ruiz, our beloved poet of WE HAD OUR REASONS, fan-girled over Kali Fajardo-Anstine, and enthused over Rana Tahi, Kalehua Kim, and everyone else he met. Even with all of those artistic introverts under one roof, the Pulley team was inspired by the contagiously warm and inviting energy. As Frances says, “Look, we’re a real thing!”
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Want more Pulley Press? We don’t blame you. Learn more about Pulley here, and check out our current titles: We Had Our Reasons, A Man With a Rake, and Mankiller Poems.
