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  • Life After the MFA

    Life After the MFA

    Thursday, June 28, 2018
    6:00 pm
    The Parlors, Tuohy Hall, SJC Brooklyn

    The Writer’s Foundry at SJC will host Life After the M.F.A., a panel discussion about the writing life, including how to get an agent and how to find a job. There will be readings of original work by Nathan McClain and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Gates.

     

    Panelists

    Amelia Atlas

    Amelia Atlas
    literary agent at ICM Partners

    David Gates

    David Gates
    Author of "Jernigan" and "Preston Falls," and two story collections, "The Wonders of the Invisible World" and "A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me"

    Andrew Martin

    Andrew Martin
    Author of "Early Work" and a forthcoming collection of short stories

    Nathan McClain

    Nathan McClain
    Author of "Scale" and a Foundry faculty member 

    Lee Clay Johnson

    Lee Clay Johnson
    Author of "Nitro Mountain," which won the 2017 Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Foundry faculty member

    Panelists

    Amelia Atlas

    Amelia Atlas
    literary agent at ICM Partners

    David Gates

    David Gates
    Author of "Jernigan" and "Preston Falls," and two story collections, "The Wonders of the Invisible World" and "A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me"

    Andrew Martin

    Andrew Martin
    Author of "Early Work" and a forthcoming collection of short stories

    Nathan McClain

    Nathan McClain
    Author of "Scale" and a Foundry faculty member

    Lee Clay Johnson

    Lee Clay Johnson
    Author of "Nitro Mountain," which won the 2017 Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Foundry faculty member

    Panelists

    Amelia Atlas

    Amelia Atlas
    literary agent at ICM Partners

    David Gates

    David Gates
    Author of "Jernigan" and "Preston Falls," and two story collections, "The Wonders of the Invisible World" and "A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me"

    Andrew Martin

    Andrew Martin
    Author of "Early Work" and a forthcoming collection of short stories

    Nathan McClain

    Nathan McClain
    Author of "Scale" and a Foundry faculty member

    Lee Clay Johnson

    Lee Clay Johnson
    Author of "Nitro Mountain," which won the 2017 Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Foundry faculty member

    This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact [email protected] or 718.940.5317.