Kate Tuttle moderated a discussion between Jeffrey Eugenides, Lorrie Moore, and Dana Spiotta. Then I have a great group of readers, then my agent and my editor.” Englander observed that “it took me a while to realize that the book is a living thing." “My husband, as a general reader, is my first reader. “I approach it more like a conversation between passionate readers.”Ĭolette Bancroft, book editor of the Tampa Bay Times, moderated a discussion between novelists Nathan Englander and Lauren Groff on, among other things, the importance on getting feedback during the writing process. “I love to read beautiful criticism, and it is an art in itself but in that space I feel like a visitor,” said Danticat. Graywolf Press publisher Fiona McCrae moderated a panel with Maud Casey, Christopher Castellani, and Edwidge Danticat based on the books they wrote for Graywolf's The Art Of series. Many of the panels addressed the craft of writing and the role of criticism. Todd Kaneko noted how many male writers had as many books as wives: "I"m not going to be that dad." Critic and NBCC president Kate Tuttle, speaking on her own identity as a writer said, “My husband is a poet and for years I’d meet some of his fellow poets and they were surprised that I have my own career as a critic. Fiction writer Caitlin Horrocks expressed the importance of establishing writing times when having children, “You need to have a conversation about what happens after that first year of having a child.” Harrocks husband, poet W. One panel, “The Ecstasy and the Laundry,” moderated by fiction writer Jess Row, explored identity and gender stereotypes within families of writers. There were panels such as “Knowing Your Place: Identity and Space in Young Adult Fiction,” “Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From: Exploring Beauty and Bravery in Stories About Muslims,” and “Creatures from the Black Lagoon: Feminist Writing from the Deep South of Florida.” In addition to Saunders' insistence on compassion-both in life and in writing fiction-another theme of the conference was identity.
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