“Is There a Future for the Literary Novel?” will be the topic under discussion when New York University’s Fales Library presents its 2009 Fales Lecture in English and American Literature on Tuesday, April 14, 6:30 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place at Fales, 3rd floor of the NYU Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South. To RSVP, call 212.992.9018 or email rsvp.bobst@nyu.edu.

The panelists are:

  • John Freeman U.S. editor for the British literary quarterly, Granta
  • Jonathan Galassi editor-in-chief of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
  • Jessica Hagedorn Filipino writer and performer; author of Dogeaters, The Gangster of Love, Dream Jungle, among other works
  • Ira Silverberg literary agent, Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.; former editor-in-chief,
  • Grove Press

This event is co-sponsored by the NYU Department of English.

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