If her typos don't kill me...

AMWA poets, essayists, novelists, and musicians turned out for the Creative Readings segment of AMWA's annual conference. A particular highlight was Jude Richard singing a mournful song about an editor's woes.

"Everyone in this room," he said sadly, "has been in a bad relationship with a manuscript."






Below: Kathy Louden reads her humorous essay about her brush with looming incarceration at the hands of U.S. postal inspectors. In the background, session moderator Jim Hudson sat at the ready to employ a series of noisemakers should anyone read past the alloted time. No gongs were needed.