Writers Speak

Speaker: Édouard Louis In Conversation with Tara K. Menon About the Speakers Édouard Louis is the author of The End of Eddy , History of Violence , Who Killed My Father , A Woman’s Battles and Transformations , Change , Monique Escapes , and Collapse...

Speaker: Catherine Lacey In Conversation with Laura van den Berg About the Speakers Catherine Lacey is author most recently of The Möbius Book , as well as the novels Biography of X , Pew , Nobody Is Ever Missing , and The Answers , as well as the story...

Speaker: Anuk Arudpragasam In Conversation with Tara K. Menon Please note that this event location has changed: it will take place in Emerson Hall, Room 105. About the Speakers Anuk Arudpragasam is a Tamil novelist and translator from Colombo, Sri Lanka...

Speaker: Patricia Lockwood In Conversation with Tara K. Menon About the Speakers Patricia Lockwood is the author of four books, including the 2021 novel No One Is Talking About This, an international bestseller, finalist for the Booker Prize and the Women...

Photo Credit: Clayton Cubitt Speaker: Katie Kitamura In Conversation with Claire Messud About the Speakers Katie Kitamura’s new novel, Audition , has been named one the most anticipated books of 2025 by many publications. Her previous novel, Intimacies...

WRITERS SPEAK Speaker: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah in conversation with Laura van den Berg About the Speakers Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was raised in Spring Valley, New York, and now lives in the Bronx. His debut collection, Friday Black, was a New York Times...

WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Laila Lalami About the Speakers Laila Lalami is the author of five books, including The Moor’s Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, and the Hurston / Wright Legacy Award. It was on the longlist...