Thousands of Writers Slept Near Steve Bannon This Weekend: A Dispatch from AWP 2017

by Willie FitzgeraldOn Saturday night, a couple hundred writers stood vigil outside the White House. They were having trouble sleeping for some reason. AndrewSoundarajan | Getty ImagesLast week, 12,000 writers descended on Washington D.C. for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference (AWP). AWP, which is held every year in a different city, is like a four-night literary ComicCon, with a massive book fair, panels, and readings from writers like Eileen Myles, Viet Than Nguyen, T