Anders Carlson-Wee: Reading from Disease of Kings & in Conversation with Joy Baglio, at PVWW! (Zoom Event)

Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop will host poet Anders Carlson-Wee, the author of the poetry collections The Low Passions and the forthcoming Disease of Kings, for a virtual reading, conversation, and Q&A! Anders will read from Disease of Kings (W.W. Norton), then join PVWW Founder / Director Joy Baglio in conversation about the book, his process, craft, and other writing-related topics. There will be lots of time for Q&A, so come with your poetry- and craft-related questions! 

Zoom link is listed below, under "Where" and will be emailed to all who RSVP a week before the event! We strongly advise that you mark your calendars now!

ANDERS CARLSON-WEE is the author of DISEASE OF KINGS, forthcoming from W.W. Norton in October (PRE-ORDER NOW!). He is also the author of THE LOW PASSIONS (W.W. Norton, 2019), a New York Public Library Book Group Selection, and DYNAMITE (Bull City Press, 2015), winner of the Frost Place Chapbook Prize. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, Harvard Review, BuzzFeed, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, The Sun, Oxford American, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many other publications. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poets & Writers, the Camargo Foundation, Bread Loaf, Sewanee, and the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, he is the winner of the Poetry International Prize. His work has been translated into Chinese. Anders holds an MFA from Vanderbilt University and is represented by Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents. Learn more about Anders and Disease of Kings at www.AndersCarlsonWee.com.

JOY BAGLIO is a Northampton MA-based fiction writer and the founder / director of the literary arts organization Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop, where she frequently teaches and hosts readings and events. Her short stories have appeared widely, in journals such as The Missouri Review, American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Tin House, The Iowa Review, Gulf Coast, TriQuarterly, New Ohio Review, Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere. Recent honors include fellowships, scholarships, and grants from Yaddo, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Speculative Literature Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and The Kerouac Project, where she was the spring 2023 writer-in-residence. She also holds an MFA from The New School. Joy is at work on a novel and short story collection and is represented by Peter Steinberg at United Talent Agency (UTA). Find her online at www.JoyBaglio.com and www.PioneerValleyWriters.com.