Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences will host a two-day “Publishing Weekend” April 6 and 7. The event will focus on various aspects of the publishing industry and will feature talks and panel discussions with publishers, editors, authors and agents from both mainstream and independent presses.
All events are free and open to the public and take place in Hurst Lounge, located on the second floor of Duncker Hall, in the northeast corner of Brookings Quadrangle. For more information, call (314) 935-7130.
The “Publishing Weekend” is sponsored by The Writing Program with support from the Department of English in Arts & Sciences and The Career Center.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, April 6
10 a.m. TBA
11 a.m. Jessa Crispin
Crisspin is editor-in-chief for Bookslut.com. The online literary review has been named one of the 50 best Web sites by Time magazine and one of the best literature Web sites by The New York Times.
2 to 3:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
“The Place of Art in the Current Literary Marketplace: How That Marketplace Has Changed.”
Panelists:
Jessa Crispin, Bookslut.com
Jenny Kronovet, Academy of American Poets and Circumference
Kelly Link, founder, founder, Small Beer Press
Fiona McCrae, publisher, Graywolf Press
Pat Strachan, senior editor, Little, Brown
Moderated by: Anton DiSclafani, Eric Lundgren and TaraShea Nesbit, all third-year writing fellows at Washington University.
Saturday, April 7
10 a.m. Fiona McCrae
McCrae is publisher and director of Graywolf Press. Founded in 1974, Graywolf Press is today considered one of the nation’s leading nonprofit literary publishers.
11 a.m. Jennifer Kronovet
An alumnus of The Writing Program, Kronovet is co-founder and co-editor of the journal Circumference: Poetry in Translation. She is also awards coordinator for the Academy of American Poets. Her poems have appeared in Crowd, Pleiades and Ploughshares, amongst others.
2 to 3:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
“Looking to be Published; Frank Advice for Beginning Writers”
Panelists:
Kronovet
Link
McCrae
Speer Morgan, editor, Missouri Review
Strachan
Aaron Welborn, writer and editor, Washington University Libraries; editor, Web Del Sol press and DIAGRAM magazine.
Moderated by: DiSclafani, Lundgren and Nesbi.
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WHO: The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, Washington University WHAT: “Publishing Weekend” WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 6 and 7 WHERE: Hurst Lounge, Room 201 Duncker Hall COST: Free and open to the public SPONSOR: The Writing Program, Department of English in Arts & Sciences and The Career Center INFORMATION: (314) 935-7130 |