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Doing the Work: Publishing with University Presses
Thursday, March 24, 2022
12:10 pm to 1:25 pm
While it is heartening to see publishers commit to publishing more work by writers from historically marginalized groups, how do writers navigate the world of trade, indie, and university presses to find a partner who will honor their voice, experience, and vision? Writers from different backgrounds who have published with Mad Creek Books will read a section of their nonfiction work and discuss how a university press can be a supportive partner, reflecting on the entire publishing process.
Participants
Kristen Elias Rowley is editor in chief at Mad Creek Books/Ohio State University Press. Books she's edited include a 2020 National Book Award finalist, International Latino Book Award winners, Lambda Literary award winners, and a Grub Street Prize winner, among others.
Harrison Candelaria Fletcher is the author of Descanso for My Father, Presentimiento: A Life in Dreams, and the forthcoming Finding Querencia: Essays from In Between. He teaches nonfiction in the MFA programs at Colorado State University and Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Negesti Kaudo is an essayist based in the Midwest. She is the youngest recipient of the Ohioana Library Association's Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant. Her work has been published in Best American Experimental Writing, Seneca Review, Fourth Genre, Storm Cellar, Cosmonauts Avenue, and elsewhere.
Hasanthika Sirisena's essays and stories have appeared in Electric Literature, Michigan Quarterly Review, Epoch, and Narrative. She is a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award and the 2015 Juniper Prize for Fiction. Her essay collection Dark Tourist will be released December 2021.
