School of Letters to Offer Public Events
The Sewanee School of Letters will host a series of public events during its summer session in June and July. You are invited to attend these conversations and readings with visiting faculty and guest authors.
Readings are at Gailor Hall in the newly-named Naylor Auditorium at 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted, with a reception following in Gailor Atrium. Most readings are on Wednesday. Go to https://letters.sewanee.edu/literary-community/guest-lectures/; for more information and the complete schedule.
On Monday, June 3, at 5:30 p.m., at the University Bookstore, there will be a reading and book signing with Ryan Chapman and Justin Taylor.
Ryan Chapman’s latest novel “The Audacity” was released April 2. Described as “a bracing satire about the implosion of a Theranos-like company, a collapsing marriage, and a billionaire’s philanthropy summit,’’ this book is perfect for fans of Hari Kunzru and The White Lotus. School of Letters Director Justin Taylor’s new book, “Reboot” was released April 23. Penned as “a raucous and wickedly smart satire of Hollywood, toxic fandom, and our chronically online culture, following a washed-up actor on his quest to revive the cult TV drama that catapulted him to fame.” Join the School of Letters for a public reading and book signing.
The first faculty reading will be at 4:30 p.m., Wedensday, June 5, at Naylor Auditorium. Reception to follow in Gailor Atrium.
Adam O’Fallon Price is the author of two novels: “The Grand Tour” (Doubleday, 2016) and “The Hotel Neversink” (Tin House Books, 2019). “The Hotel Neversink” won the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. His short fiction has appeared in the Paris Review, Granta, Harper’s, VICE, the Iowa Review, the Kenyon Review Online, LitHub, Joyland, and many others. He also writes essays and criticism, which appear in many places including Ploughshares, Electric Literature, Paris Review Daily, The Millions, where he is a staff writer, and many more.
Meera Subramanian is an award-winning independent journalist whose work has been published in national and international publications including the New York Times, The New Yorker, Nature, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Orion, where she serves as a contributing editor. Her book “A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka” was short-listed for the 2016 Orion Book Award.
The School of Letters offers an MFA in creative writing. Please visit the School’s website for more information on the program.