Tales of war, hard times, and family secrets from four young authors making big waves in the literary scene south of the border. With a poetry reading by Kathleen McCracken. Richard Clewes hosts.
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David Benioff is an author and screenwriter. He adapted his first novel, The 25th Hour, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee, and adapted The Kite Runner for the screen.
Richard Clewes is an internationally recognized creative director whose work has won prizes internationally, including at the Cannes Advertising Film Festival.
2008 Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz’s fiction has been published in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and The Best American Short Stories.
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Lauren Groff’s short stories have appeared in literary publications including Atlantic Monthly and Ploughshares. Groff presents her debut novel, The Monsters of Templeton.
Sarajevo-born Aleksandar Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, but was unable to return home when Sarajevo fell under siege. He studied English, published his first story in English in 1995, and is now one of the most exuberantly praised young writers of recent years.
Kathleen McCracken is the author of six collections of poetry including Blue Light, Bay and College, shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry in 1992, A Geography of Souls, and Mooncalves.
