F140.
Ethical Representation: A Literary-Agent Panel Sponsored by the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA)
Friday, February 9, 2024
10:35 am to 11:50 am
This panel will focus on the publishing industry from the perspectives of two current AALA board members. They will walk attendees through the process of securing representation and publishing a book—from first draft up to publication. The presentation will have a special focus on ethical representation as laid out by the AALA's "Canon of Ethics" and the organization's DEI initiatives and anti-racism work.
Participants
Kent D. Wolf is a founding partner at Neon Literary. His clients include Carmen Maria Machado, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Torrey Peters, Sarah Rose Etter, Samantha Irby, Zain Khalid, and Amber Sparks. A proud "queerdo," he lives in Manhattan with his husband.
Monika Woods is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, a writer whose work has been published by Joyland, Catapult, Tyrant, Brooklyn Magazine, and Lit Hub, and an editor at the Triangle House Review. She lives in Brooklyn with her family and can be found @booksijustread.
