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Valéria M. Souza

Boston Housing Authority
Senior Management Aide
Mattapan, Massachusetts
I work in Human Services and I write poetry.
Friday, April 5
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Welcoming Convocation + Keynote: Luis Alberto Urrea TBALuís Alberto Urrea • Sonya Larson

10:15am EDT

1D: Researching and Choosing Agents to QueryFULL Tremont Room - 4th FloorLouise Miller

11:45am EDT

2F: You've Been Acquired. Now What?FULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorLatoya Smith 

1:00pm EDT

Lunch Break TBA

2:15pm EDT

3J: A Nice Problem to Have: A Guide to Publishers and How to Compare ThemFULL Newbury Room - 4th FloorJonah Straus

3:15pm EDT

Break TBA

3:45pm EDT

4G: Writing on Race: Your Own Identity & the Identity of Others Franklin Room - 4th FloorDavid Mura

6:45pm EDT

Spitballing...Returns! Berkeley/Clarendon - Mezzanine LevelMichelle Seaton • Sari Boren • Sean Van Deuren • Celeste Ng • Whitney Scharer • Ron MacLean
 
Saturday, April 6
 

7:30am EDT

Registration, Hot Breakfast Buffet, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

9:00am EDT

Mid-Muse Keynote: Stacey D'Erasmo on Writing in a Time of Upheaval TBAStacey D'Erasmo

10:30am EDT

5A: Social Media Hack: Using Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to Authentically Engage (and Not Annoy) ReadersFULL White Hill Room - 4th FloorJenna Blum • Sara DiVello

11:45am EDT

Lunch Break TBA

1:00pm EDT

6F: The Big Q’s: What to Ask Prospective Agents Whittier Room - 4th FloorAmy Bishop

2:30pm EDT

Break TBA

3:00pm EDT

7H: Person and Place: Writing Effective SettingsFULL St. James Room - 4th FloorCaitlin Horrocks

4:30pm EDT

8C: Breaking The Rules: Writing Without an MFAFULL Cambridge Room - 4th FloorNeel Patel

5:30pm EDT

Lit Lounge Cocktail Hour TBA

8:30pm EDT

All-Conference Party Democracy Brewing
 
Sunday, April 7
 

8:30am EDT

Breakfast, Bookstore & Authors' Bazaar Browsing TBA

10:00am EDT

9J: Getting Media Attention for Your Book Cambridge Room - 4th FloorLynne Griffin • Katrin Schumann

11:30am EDT

10B: Releasing Yourself from the Clutches of the Green-Eyed Monster: Dealing with Envy in the Writing World Gloucester Room - 4th FloorPatrice Gopo • Grace Talusan

1:00pm EDT

Marketplace Keynote: “Writing While Working” TBARani Neutill • Mira Jacob • Leslie Shipman • Rebecca Makkai • Maurice Carlos Ruffin