Highlights from LitFest
Check out these highlights from masterclasses offered by poet Tommye Blount, and novelists Charles Yu and Edward Farmer ’05 during LItFest 2021.
Check out these highlights from masterclasses offered by poet Tommye Blount, and novelists Charles Yu and Edward Farmer ’05 during LItFest 2021.
In partnership with Amherst College’s LitFest, join Museum staff for a talk about the impact of the College on the life of poet Emily Dickinson.
Watch the VideoA Conversation with 2020 National Book Award Winner for Poetry Tommye Blount. Host: John Hennessy (58:17)
Amherst Students Share Their Own Creative Work. Host: Jennifer Acker ’00. Readings by Olive Amdur '23, Sofia Belimova '22, Eliza Brewer '22, Whitney Bruno '21, Elly Hong ’21 and Isabel Meyers ’20. (25:05)
Hosts: Professors Polina Barskova and Catherine Ciepiela ’83, in conversation with Christopher Benfey, Sven Birkerts and Jonathan Galassi. (58:56)
A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Anne Applebaum. Host: Cullen Murphy ’74 H’19 (1:00:35)
Jason Nuñez ’24 reads Tommye Blount's poem “Fantasia for the Man in Blue.”
Ayo Lewis ’21 reads from "A Burning" by 2020 NBA fiction nominee Megha Majumdar.
Olive Amdur ’23 reads an excerpt from Charle Yu's novel, “Interior Chinatown.”
Elly Hong ’21 reads an excerpt from "Twilight of Democracy," the latest book by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum.