Reading and Q&A with Author Tea Obreht
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Tea Obreht’s New York Times bestselling novel, Inland, is grounded in true but little-known history of the lawless,...
Craft Lecture: The Mystery of the Story
Tea Obreht, Zell Visiting Writers Series
This craft lecture will center on how every story is actually a mystery, the telling of which is dependent on a pact of exchange between...
Reading and Q&A with Author Jenny Zhang
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Jenny Zhang’s debut story collection, Sour Heart, centers on immigrants who have traded their endangered lives as artists in...
Craft Lecture: Bringing Literary Sensibilities to Film and TV
Author Jenny Zhang, Zell Visiting Writers Series
Literature is uniquely suited to express the interior lives of characters, whereas film and television are visual mediums. With writers more...
Reading and Q&A with Author Megha Majumdar
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, A Burning, follows three unforgettable characters whose lives are entangled in the wake of a...
Craft Workshop: Opening Pages, Acquisitions, and Demystifying Publishing
Megha Majumdar, Zell Visiting Writers Series
This is a two-part craft workshop. In the first part, we will look at the opening page of selected students' novels (or of a short...
Reading and Q&A with Poet Patricia Smith
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Patricia Smith's latest book of poetry, Incendiary Art (Triquarterly Books, 2017), showcases her mastery of poetic forms—...
Craft Lecture: Writing The Terrifying During Terrifying Times
Patricia Smith, Zell Visiting Writers Series
Patricia Smith's latest book of poetry, Incendiary Art (Triquarterly Books, 2017), showcases her mastery of poetic forms—...
Reading and Q&A with Lauren Groff
Zell Visiting Writers Series
Lauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, and...
Writing on a Tightrope at Night in a High Wind: Inspiration Versus Craft
Craft Lecture by Author Lauren Groff, Zell Vistiing Writers Series
Lauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, and...
