SoL Author Readings
Every summer the School of Letters invites our acclaimed faculty and other prominent, nationally recognized writers and scholars to read their work and speak about the writing life.
Justin Taylor and Emily Adrian will have a reading at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, in Naylor Auditorium. Reception to follow in Gailor Atrium.
Justin Taylor is the author of the memoir “Riding with the Ghost,” published by Random House in 2020. Lauren Groff said the memoir was “gorgeously layered and deeply felt.” He is also the author of three books of fiction: the story collections “Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever” (2010), “Flings” (2014), and the novel “The Gospel of Anarchy” (2011). His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s, BOMB, the Sewanee Review, and Bookforum, as well as many others. He is the co-author with Adam Wilson of the original screenplay “Last Days of Basic Cable.” His latest novel, “Reboot,” will be published in April 2024.
Emily Adrian is the author of the novels “Everything Here Is Under Control” and “The Second Season,” a novel about a former women’s college basketball star who becomes the first female NBA announcer, which Kareem Abdul-Jabaar called “riveting, insightful, and touching.” Her memoir, “Daughterhood,” will be published by Autofocus Press in 2024. She is also the author of two critically acclaimed novels for young adults, “Like It Never Happened” and “The Foreseeable Future.” She has published short fiction in Granta, Joyland, and Epoch. She is a co-founder and senior editor at Great Place Books, where she also runs a popular series of seminars and workshops for writers of all ages.
Join us on the second floor of Shenanigans at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, as our MFA candidates read selections of their prose, poetry, and fiction.
For more information go to <letters.sewanee.edu>.