Where I’ll Be at AWP plus gluten-free Seattle options
- At February 25, 2014
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Blog
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Hi! I’m Jeannine Hall Gailey, and this is the game “Where I’ll be at AWP:”
–Thursday – wondering around the book fair early in the afternoon, and in the evening you’ll find me hosting The Superheroes of Poetry spectacular speculative poets event at the Jack Straw Gallery (4261 Roosevelt Way NE) from 8 PM – 9:30 PM. (Readers include Jason Mott, Jason McCall, Bryan Dietrich, Evan Peterson, Lesley Wheeler, Sally Rosen Kindred, Lana Ayers, and more!)
–Friday – Signing books at the Two Sylvias Press table, 1-2 PM. South Hall, 611, neighboring the Tupelo Books talbe. You may also spot me at my friends’ White Pine book launch – Kelli Russell Agodon and Susan Rich – at 6:30 at the SAM’s Taste restaurant.
–Saturday: Signing books at the Minor Arcana Press Table 1 PM to at least 2:30 PM. South Hall, BB18 by the snack bar. Saturday night, appropriately enough, reading with the book launch of Drawn to Marvel at Ray Gun Lounge, reading and party starting at 7 PM. (A bunch of great speculative poets here too!)
If you want to buy one of my books, your best bet is to try the Two Sylvias table, or find me in the crowd – I’ll be the one guarding a broken elbow with a large blond man by my side carrying my very heavy tote of books!
By the way, if you’re a celiac or wheat-allergic AWP-attender looking for gluten-free options around Seattle, here are a couple of great options in the downtown Seattle area:
–Tango for tapas – Tango Restaurant and Lounge – 1100 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101 – (206) 583-0382 (a good selection of gluten-free small plates, but no dedicated fryer) and it’s two blocks from the convention center, an easy walk!
–Upscale cider pub Capitol Cider in Capitol Hill – a dedicated gluten-free kitchen! – Capitol Cider – 818 East Pike Street, Seattle, Washington 98122 – 206-397-3564. Some driving involved, but a very hip part of town with lots going on.
–Cafe Flora (also great for vegetarians) – Cafe Flora – 2901 E Madison St, Seattle WA – (206) 325-9100
Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and the author of Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and SFPA’s Elgin Award, Field Guide to the End of the World. Her latest, Flare, Corona from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of PR for Poets, a Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and JAMA.
