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Writers Speak | Édouard Louis in conversation with Tara K. Menon

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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...

Writers Speak | Elif Batuman in conversation with Beth Blum

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WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Elif Batuman About the Speakers Elif Batuman’s first novel, The Idiot, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and for the Women’s Prize. She is also the author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read...

Writers Speak | Ben Lerner in conversation with Duncan White

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Photo Credit: Catherine Barnett WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Ben Lerner About the Speakers Ben Lerner is the author of seven books of poetry and prose as well as several collaborations with visual artists, including Gold Custody (with Barbara Bloom), recently...

Writers Speak | Anuk Arudpragasam in conversation with Tara K. Menon

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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...

Writers Speak | Rachel Cohen in conversation with Claire Messud

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WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: RACHEL COHEN in conversation with Claire Messud About the Speakers Rachel Cohen is the author of A Chance Meeting: American Encounters, which has been reissued in March of 2024 by New York Review of Books Classics on the occasion of...

Writers Speak | Chigozie Obioma in conversation with Maya Jasanoff

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WRITERS SPEAK Speaker: Chigozie Obioma in conversation with Maya Jasanoff About the Speakers Chigozie Obioma was born in Akure, Nigeria. His novels, The Fishermen (2015) and An Orchestra of Minorities (2019) were shortlisted for The Booker Prize. He is...

Writers Speak | Raven Leilani in conversation with Jesse McCarthy

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WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Raven Leilani In conversation with Jesse McCarthy About the Speakers Raven Leilani is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree, the recipient of the 2020 Kirkus Prize, VCU Cabell Prize, NBCC John Leonard Prize, Dylan Thomas...

Writers Speak | Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Tara K. Menon

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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...

Writers Speak | Laila Lalami in conversation with James Wood

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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...

Writers Speak | Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Maya Jasanoff

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WRITERS SPEAK SPEAKER: Nadifa Mohamed About the Speakers Nadifa Mohamed is the author of Black Mamba Boy (FSG), which won the Betty Trask Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Prize, and The Orchard of Lost Souls (FSG), which won the Prix...

Writers Speak | Catherine Lacey in conversation with Laura van den Berg

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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...

Writers Speak | Katie Kitamura in conversation with Claire Messud

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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...