Pen Pals

Inspired by the friendship of our co-keynote speakers, Patrick Rosal and Ross Gay, this year’s festival sees the introduction of a whole new kind of event. We’re calling it Pen Pals. We’ve invited writers who are also good friends to sit down and chat about the writing life, their craft, literary publishing, books they love, and scurrilous gossip–and who knows what else. These will be unmoderated conversations, so anything could happen, but we know that the talks will be intimate, inspiring, and fascinating.