The Art of Editing
What does an editor do? How does she work with a writer to think about the ideas, structure, and style of a piece of writing? How is editing a magazine different from editing a book, a radio show, a streaming series, or a documentary film? How does an editor manage political, ethical, economic, or factual challenges with writers and readers? What is the future of editing in literary culture? The 2024-25 Shapiro Speaker series, "The Art of Editing," will answer these questions through a series of interviews with Merve Emre, Professor and Director of the Center, and ten of the visionary editors at the leading literary and cultural publications of our day: The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, The Yale Review, NPR, FSG, Simon & Schuster, and more. All events are free and open to the public.
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Meghan O'Rourke
Meghan O’Rourke is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness and The Long Goodbye, as well as the poetry collections Sun In Days, Once, and Halflife. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, and more. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Radcliffe Fellowship, and a Whiting Nonfiction Award, she resides in New Haven, where she teaches at Yale University and is the editor of The Yale Review.
Schedule
10/29/2024: Meghan O'Rourke
11/19/2024: Jackson Howard
02/04/2025: Zakiya Dalila Harris
02/18/2025: Sasha Weiss
03/04/2025: Ben Calhoun
04/22/2025: Yahdon Israel
Archived Schedule
09/17/2024: Emily Greenhouse
10/08/2024: Kaitlyn Greenidge