Common Ground#362
Publishing-in-Transit: New Directions
Editors and Writers in Conversation
1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific
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Writer and literary critic Cole Swensen joins Vice President & Senior Editor at New Directions Press Declan Spring alongside authors Forrest Gander and Thalia Field for a conversation on literary publishing. We open with readings by Gander and Field and conclude with a poetry reading by Spring.
In this talk
Publishing-in-Transit is a new monthly series celebrating contemporary literary editors, all of the often-unrecognized work that they do, and the community-based and conversational nature of contemporary innovative literary publishing. This is our third installment.
View our first installment featuring New York Review Books →
View our third installment featuring New Directions →
View our (upcoming) fourth installment featuring Ugly Duckling Presse →
Cole Swensen
![A black and white photo of poet Cole Swensen. A black and white photo of poet Cole Swensen.](../../../../../media/files/cole-swensen.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=250)
Declan Spring
![A photograph of Declan Spring A photograph of Declan Spring](../../../../../media/files/nd_declan15_7flat.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=250)
Forrest Gander
![Forrest Gander, courtesy of Christopher Chung Forrest Gander, courtesy of Christopher Chung](../../../../../media/files/forrest-gander-courtesy-christopher-chung-.jpeg?nf_resize=fit&w=250)
Thalia Field
![Cover of Thalia Field, Personhood Cover of Thalia Field, Personhood](../../../../../media/files/personhood.jpg?nf_resize=fit&w=250)
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