March 19 – 20, 2026

Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall
Smith Warehouse Bay 4
Duke University

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March 19, 2026

Keynote Speaker

6:00 pm

Dan Sinykin
“Author of Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature”

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March 20, 2026

Arrival/Coffees
9:30 am

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Editors/Publishers
10:00-11:30 am

Moderator
Lynn York – Blair Publishing
Panelists

Will Evans- Deep Vellum

Meg Reid- Hub City Press

Kathy Pories – Algonquin Books

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Critics
11:45 am-1:00 pm

Moderator

Mesha Maren

Panelists

Joanna Biggs

Ross Barkan

Becca Rothfeld

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Lunch
1:15-2:15 pm

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Breakout Sessions
2:15-3:15 pm

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Scholars
3:30-5:00 pm

Moderator
 Aarthi Vadde

Panelists

Dan Sinykin

Laura McGrath

Richard So

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Creative Writers- Reading Q&A

5:30-7:00 pm

Moderator

Joanna Pearson

Panelists

Tom Comitta

Camille Bordas

Anne Garréta

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