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Thursday, June 13 • 4:30pm - 6:00pm
First Draft Live: Literary Friendship, Craft, and the Writing Life

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Join Mitzi Rapkin for a live recording of her podcast: First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing. us for a conversation between friends and fellow writers Claire Messud and Amitava Kumar as they discuss what literary friendship means, how fellow writers discuss craft and art through the lens of their personal connection, and how their friendship influences the creative work they each pursue. The conversation will be recorded as a special episode for First Draft, a literary podcast now in its 11th year of production, which now has more than 450 interviews in the archive.
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Amitava Kumar

Visiting Author
Amitava Kumar is a writer and journalist who has published several works of nonfiction and three novels. His most recent title, The Blue Book: A Writer's Journal, is a collection of drawings and journal entries. Kumar's writing has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, Harper’s... Read More →
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Claire Messud

Visiting Author
Claire Messud is the author of six works of fiction. A recipient of a Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family.
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Mitzi Rapkin

Podcaster
Mitzi Rapkin is the host and producer of the literary podcast, First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing.  This June marks the 11th anniversary of the show.  First Draft features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and essay writers.  Rapkin and her guests explore literary craft, the decisions... Read More →

Thursday June 13, 2024 4:30pm - 6:00pm MDT
Beacon Hall
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