Comedian and Author Aparna Nancherla ’05e, Six Other Literary Luminaries Headline Amherst College’s Ninth Annual Litfest
Stellar Group of Pulitzer Prize Winners, Former U.S. Poet Laureate, National Book Award Winner to Participate in Feb. 23–25 Festival
(AMHERST, Mass., Feb. 7, 2024)—From Feb. 23–25, Amherst College will host the ninth annual LitFest, a festival celebrating fiction, nonfiction, poetry and spoken-word performance along with the College’s extraordinary literary life. This year’s lineup of luminaries includes three Pulitzer Prize winners—novelist Paul Harding, poet and memoirist Natasha Trethewey, and science writer Ed Yong—as well as National Book Award winner Justin Torres; stand-up comedian, author and actor Aparna Nancherla ’05E; and renowned poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris.