Upcoming Events

The National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 program recognizes five exceptional debut authors each year. Join us for a reading and audience Q&A with 2022 5 Under 35 honorees Alexandra Chang (Days of Distraction), Joseph Han (Nuclear Family), Crystal Hana Kim (If You Leave Me), and Alyssa Songsiridej (Little Rabbit).

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.

Presented in partnership with Books & Books and the Miami Book Fair.

Please RSVP here.

For Amherst College’s annual LitFest, 2022 National Book Award Nonfiction Finalists Ingrid Rojas Contreras (The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir) and Meghan O’Rourke (The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness) read from their work, and discuss crafting personal narratives informed by cultural, historical, and scientific contexts.

Moderated by Dennis James Sweeney, author of In the Antarctic Circle and a lecturer in English at Amherst College.

This program is supported by Amherst College and The Common magazine.