Life After the MFA

Life After the MFA

June 28, 2018
6:00pm
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.