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2020 Presenters

Jami Attenberg

Mahogany Browne

Bridgett M. Davis

Carrie Green

Ellen Hagan

Amy Hempel

Erin Hosier

Mariama Lockington

Claudia Love Mair

Roxana Robinson

Evie Shockley

Darcey Steinke

Featured Presenters

2020 Presenters

Jami Attenberg
Mahogany Browne
Bridgett M. Davis
Carrie Green
Ellen Hagan
Amy Hempel
Erin Hosier
Mariama Lockington
Claudia Love Mair
Roxana Robinson
Evie Shockley
Darcey Steinke

2019 Presenters

Chantel Acevedo
Jane Alison
Ifa Bayeza
Franny Choi
DaMaris Hill
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Barbara Hurd
Dorianne Laux
Lydia Millet
Ellen Birkett 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

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Kentucky Women Writers Conference

Conference venue:
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
251 West Second St.
Lexington, KY 40517

KWWC Inc. Office:
232 East Maxwell Street
Lexington, KY 40506-0344

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Lexington KY, 40506-0027
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