This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. Please register below.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz (Trust, In the Distance) and Ananda Lima (Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, Mother/land) will discuss Diaz’s career as a novelist, short story writer, and essayist, with a focus on the craft of writing.
Writers on Writing is presented in partnership with StoryStudio Chicago. Perfect for readers and writers alike, these talks celebrate one author's work—a glimpse behind the creative curtain, a chance to ask questions, and an opportunity to celebrate the art of the written word.
Recent books by both authors will be available to purchase at the Newberry bookshop, and the authors will sign copies after the talk.
Writers on Writing is generously supported by Shanti Nagarkatti and Sue and Melvin Gray.
Speakers
Hernan Diaz is the Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of two novels published in thirty-seven languages, as well as recipient of the John Updike award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. His stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Granta, The Yale Review, Playboy, McSweeney’s, and elsewhere.
Ananda Lima is a poet, fiction writer, and translator, the author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil and Mother/land, winner of the Hudson Prize. Her work has appeared in four chapbooks and in publications such as The American Poetry Review, Poets.org, Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, Witness, and elsewhere.
Cost and Registration
This program is free and open to all. Advance registration required.
Registration opens December 1.
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Past Public Programs
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