Irish writers have long been at the forefront of formal experimentation in English-language fiction. Now, a century after James Joyce and Samuel Beckett shattered expectations of the conventional novel, Irish writers are asking new questions about what fiction can mean and do. This daylong symposium will explore that question with an all-star lineup of some of the most adventurous Irish writers of the twenty-first century.
Featured authors include: Colin Barrett, Luke Cassidy, Naoise Dolan, Rob Doyle, Nicole Flattery, Mike McCormack, Eimear McBride, Lisa McInerney, and Belinda McKeon. Colm Tóibín and Kevin Power will moderate.
The event's hosted by The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University on Saturday, March 25, and it's free to attend.