Saint Louis Projects

SLP and JKP to Attend the AWP Conference and Bookfair
Fundraising event to held at Thurman's on Feb. 22nd





Dearest friends,

At the end of this month, CJ (JKP founder), Colleen McKee (SLP author, Bad Shoe contributor, panel moderator), and Erin (JKP/SLP managing editor) will be traveling to Chicago to attend the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Annual Conference and Bookfair. The AWP has accepted our panel discussion on small press marketing strategies and whether the traditional bookstore remains relevant. We also will sell our handmade chapbooks and distribute information about our press and literature in St. Louis (we'll be talking about many of you and (hopefully) selling your works!). The AWP event is the largest literary conference in North America, affording us a fantastic opportunity to network with other small presses and draw national attention to our local press. For more information about why we are traveling to this conference and what we will be doing there, see the image below.

Although we have kept prices for the trip to a minimum by traveling by bus and staying in a hostel, the registration fees for this conference are pretty outrageous if you're not backed by a university. We'd also like to help subsidize Colleen's plane ticket from California to Chicago. So we're throwing a fundraiser on Wednesday, February 22nd at Thurman's Grill and Provisions (4069 Shenandoah; details forthcoming) at 8 pm to help us along.

So, we're throwing a little party to raise funds. We will have several performances, a raffle, and book sale. I'll continually update this page with information as we gather more prizes, performers, and money-raisers.

There will be no cover charge, but we will pass a donation bucket for the performances.

Also, please let me know if you'd like to help in anyway. We love doing what we do, but unfortunately, the labor of love doesn't buy bus tickets.


Thus far:

RAFFLE ITEMS (tickets will be $1 each or 7 for $5):

***Framed photography by Katie Clancy
***(2) framed photos by Bob Reuter
***1-hour tarot reading gift certificate from Julia Gordon Bramer
***Artwork by Sean Arnold
***Mangia Italiano gift certificates
***Bad Shoe book package
***SLP book package
***Untamed Ink book package (journal, 10 issues)
***Pamela Garvey chapbook
***Photography by Alison Carrick 
***1991 hand-bound Diane Di Prima chapbook, "Seminary Poems", one of 2,000 ***Signed Lawrence Ferlinghetti handbill w/ 9-11 political poem ***Handmade bilingual book Nacion Nomeda by Ruben Medina, published by Rosalita Cartonera -- one of 75 
***Local Harvest Cafe and Grocery gift certificates

PERFORMANCES:

Caribbean dance demonstration by Maria T. Balogh
Poetry readings by: Sean Arnold, Maria T. Balogh, Erin Wiles
Fiction reading by Pamela Garvey


 
 Thanks for your support. We hope to see you there.