The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences will host a two-day “Publishing Weekend” April 6-7. 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 in Duncker Hall. For more information, call 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
April 6
10 a.m. TBA
11 a.m. Jessa Crispin
Crispin 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
Jennifer Kronovet, Academy of American Poets and Circumference: Poetry in Translation
Kelly Link, founder, Small Beer Press
Fiona McCrae, Graywolf Press
Pat Strachan, senior editor, Little, Brown
Moderated by: Anton DiSclafani, Eric Lundgren and TaraShea Nesbit, all third-year University writing fellows.
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 alumna of The Writing Program, Kronovet is co-founder and co-editor of the journal Circumference: Poetry in Translation. She also is awards coordinator for the Academy of American Poets. Her poems have appeared in Crowd, Pleiades and Ploughshares, among others.
2 to 3:30 p.m. Panel discussion
“Looking to be Published: Frank Advice for Beginning Writers”
Panelists:
Jennifer Kronovet, Academy of American Poets and Circumference: Poetry in Translation
Kelly Link, founder, Small Beer Press
Fiona McCrae, Graywolf Press
Speer Morgan, editor, Missouri Review
Pat Strachan, senior editor, Little, Brown
Aaron Welborn, writer and editor, University Libraries; editor, Web Del Sol press and DIAGRAM magazine.
Moderated by: Anton DiSclafani, Eric Lundgren and TaraShea Nesbit, all third-year University writing fellows.