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North Hennepin Community College students Shane Blegen and Jake Skurka at the Two Year College Caucus Reading. It's their first AWP.

LeAnne Howe, novelist, poet and scholar.

Left on a chair: materials promoting Minneapolis poet Heid Erdrich, who will be reading from her new collection at AWP on Friday.

Poet Janet McAdams, author of "Red Weather," will launch her latest novel at AWP.