• 10:00am 10:15am
    Welcome and Overview with Phillip Lopate
  • 10:15am 12:00pm
    The New Essay:
    • Leslie Jamison

      Columbia University School of the Arts

    • Lia Purpura

      University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    • Meghan Daum

      Columbia University

    • Moderator

      Amy Benson

      Columbia University

  • 12:00pm 1:00pm
    Break I
  • 1:00pm 2:45pm
    Book Length Essays
    • Wayne Koestenbaum

    • Geoff Dyer

      Columbia University

    • Laura Kipnis

      Northwestern University

    • Moderator

      Margo Jefferson

      Columbia University

  • 3:00pm 5:00pm
    Readings and Talks by Essayists/Novelists/Critics
    • Marilynne Robinson

    • Jonathan Lethem

    • Hilton Als

    • Moderator

      Richard Locke

      Columbia University

  • 5:00pm 7:00pm
    Screenings of Essay Films