We’re excited to be at AWP in a couple of weeks! Here’s where to find us:

We will be tabling alongside Southwestern American Literature at T1156. We’ll have zines, books, t-shirts, totes, and some new surprises!

Wednesday, February 7th

7-9pm

Nighthawk

1228 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, MO 68105

Join us at Nighthawk for A Very Queer BIPOC Reading! Alongside other Texan journals/presses Porter House Review, Abode, and Host Publications, we will be featuring 3 readers: Dee Lalo Garcia, monica teresa ortiz, and Laura Villarreal.

Thursday, February 8th

9:00am – 10:15pm

Room 2215A, Kansas City Convention Center, Street Level

Sin Fronteras: Navigating, Representing, and Publishing Latine Authors

(Viktoria Valenzuela, Cloud Delfina Cardona, Carlos Espinoza, Maria Maloney, Edward Vidaurre)

As the United States continues to diversify, state legislatures advance bills that target people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. Publishing is one of the only industries that gives a truer representation of the richly complex Latine populations in the U.S. and their contribution to culture, history, and literary landscape. This panel of independent publishers from the U.S.-Mexico border discusses the importance of publishing Latine, including LGBTQ+ Latine authors in Texas and the U.S..

1:45pm – 3:00pm

Room 3501 EF, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 3

Publishing as Activism: Amplifying Marginalized Voices

(Juania Sueños, Diamond Braxton, Murphy Anne Carter, Claire Bowman, Cyrus Gray)

Writers and editors of color remain underrepresented in the publishing industry despite a new wave of literature that centers the stories of marginalized peoples. These Texan publishers have created space outside mainstream avenues to reimagine what it means to uplift marginalized writers, editors, and publishers. This panel explores their experiences—impacted by criminalization, queerphobia, and racism—as they relate to self-publishing and literary community activism.

Host Publications Presents A Feminist Reading

7pm – 9pm

BLCK + BRWN.

This reading features two of IR’s team members, Bianca Alyssa Perez and cloud delfina cardona.