i couldn't stay

on attending my first AWP & recovering from top-of-the-mountain experiences

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then the Lord said, “Come up to the mountain and stay there…”¹

My body is exhausted from joy. I attended my first AWP conference, a national conference for writers, professors, agents, and savants. It’s for the adults who reach back and cradle their book-loving inner child.

At the end of the conference I sat with friends in the lobby. We watched the mas…