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September 19-22, 2019
Lexington, Kentucky
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2019 Presenters
Chantel Acevedo
Jane Alison
Ifa Bayeza
Franny Choi
DaMaris Hill
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Barbara Hurd
Dorianne Laux
Lydia Millet
Ellen Birketts Morris
Antonya Nelson
Savannah Sipple
Alice Speilburg
Ashlee Clark Thompson
Margaret Verble
Featured Presenters
2019 Presenters
Chantel Acevedo
Jane Alison
Ifa Bayeza
Franny Choi
DaMaris Hill
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Barbara Hurd
Dorianne Laux
Lydia Millet
Ellen Birketts Morris
Antonya Nelson
Savannah Sipple
Alice Speilburg
Ashlee Clark Thompson
Margaret Verble
2018 Presenters
Erin Chandler
Leesa Cross-Smith
Reiko Davis
Safia Elhillo
Ansel Elkins
Tarfia Faizullah
Carolyn Finney
Emily Fridlund
Jane Friedman
Mary Gaitskill
Deirdra McAfee
Sarah McCartt-Jackson
BettyJoyce Nash
Angela Palm
Joni Tevis
Sherry Thomas
2017 Presenters
Natalie Diaz
Camille Dungy
Olivia Gatwood
Jessica Handler
Annie Hwang
Martyna Majok
Kristi Maxwell
Elena Passarello
Raegan Payne
Melynda J. Price
Maggie Shipstead
Claire Vaye Watkins
Kayla Rae Whitaker
2016 Presenters
Miriam Altshuler
Barrie Jean Borich
Danielle Dutton
Sarah Gorham
Julie Hensley
Mary Karr
Deborah Landau
Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Bobbie Ann Mason
Ursula Rucker
Lisa Russ Spaar
Bianca Lynne Spriggs
Crystal Wilkinson
2015 Presenters
Angela Ball
Bianca Bargo
Ann Beattie
Martha Billips
Emily Bingham
Meghan Daum
Kathleen Driskell
Joy Harris
Allison Joseph
Carson Kreitzer
Jessica Helen Lopez
Hannah Pittard
Sonia Sanchez
Jacinda Townsend
2014 Presenters
Asha Bandele
Joy Castro
Tina Chang
Sarah Combs
Liza Dawson
Ellen Hagan
Leslie Jamison
Leatha Kendrick
Paulette Livers
Rebecca Makkai
Jill McCorkle
Tracy K. Smith
Lisa Williams
Margaret Wrinkle
2013 Presenters
Bonnie Jo Campbell
Kia Corthron
Claire Dederer
Peggy DeKay
Sarah Freligh
Jennifer Haigh
Ada Limón
George Ella Lyon
Molly Peacock
Kiki Petrosino
Paisley Rekdal
Sonya Renee
2012 Presenters
Kim Addonizio
Tara Betts
Sallie Bingham
Karen Joy Fowler
Debra Gwartney
dream hampton
Rebecca Gayle Howell
Nancy Jensen
Julia Johnson
Kelly Link
Stella Parks
Ruth Reichl
Rona Roberts
Naomi Wallace
