2023 National Book Award Fiction Finalist Paul Harding (This Other Eden) and Winner Justin Torres (Blackouts) share readings from their honored works, and discuss the gravitational pull of fictionalizing the past and imagining new futures, both within and outside of literature.

Moderated by Amelia Worsley, Assistant Professor of English at Amherst College.

This program is part of the 9th Annual LitFest, supported by Amherst College and The Common magazine, and presented in partnership with the Jones Library.