• Image - Symposium: Writing for a Public Audience
  • Event Date: April 3, 2026
  • Event Start Time: 10:00 AM
  • Event End Time: 2:30 PM
  • Event Location: Murray Hall, Room 302
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  • Event Type: Other
  • Semester: 2026 SPRING

Interested in a future in the literary world?  This event features critics & editors from The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The Drift Magazine, & more.

Four preeminent critics, editors, and publishers share how they got to where they are today and what you can do to set yourself up for success.

There are two events on this day. 

10 to 11:30 AM: Panel and Q&A (Open Session)

Interested in a future in the literary world? Four preeminent critics, editors, and publishers share how they got to where they are today and what you can do to set yourself up for success.

1 to 2: 30 PM:  Panel and Q&A (Graduate Students Only)

Are you an emerging scholar interested in writing for a public audience? Professor and critic Adam Dalva moderates a discussion about pitching and working with editors. Graduate students only, wine and cheese reception to follow.

Presented by the Plangere Writing Center and Write Back, a public humanities forum.