Writers Speak

Photo Credit: Brigitte Lacombe Speaker: Diane Williams In conversation with Maggie Doherty About the Speakers Diane Williams is the author of several collections of short fiction and the founder and editor of the literary annual NOON . An omnibus of her...

Photo Credit: Ahmed Gaber Speaker: Álvaro Enrigue About the Speakers Álvaro Enrigue is a prize-winning Mexican writer whose most recent novels include Now I Surrender and You Dreamed of Empires . His work has appeared in The New York Times , The London...

Speaker: Douglas Stuart In conversation with Charlie Tyson A book sale, hosted by Porter Square Books , will take place at this event. About the Speakers Douglas Stuart is a Scottish-American author. His New York Times -bestselling debut novel Shuggie...

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...