December 01, 2016
2017 Lake Forest Literary Festival
The thirteenth incarnation of the annual Lake Forest Literary Festival is a celebration of American stories, from the Thoreauvian story Mark Edmundson has to tell about the unfulfilled possibilities of American idealism to the literary horror of Brian Evenson and the ghost stories of Lake Forest College alumna Emily Cappetini ’09, to the inventive feminist circus story told in the first novel of Meg Whiteford, this year’s Plonsker Prize winner, to the “novel you can walk through” of Alana and Lance Olsen.
The annual Lake Forest Literary Festival welcomes writers, artists, filmmakers, and other creative thinkers to the College for readings, workshops, and student discussions.
Since 2004, we’ve welcomed everyone from John Waters to Shelley Jackson to William Gass. Add in the the annual Plonsker Prize winner, and you’ve got an annual recipe for wonderful word soup, dynamic literary entrees, and the best dessert of all: the time to listen, read, and think.
Thursday, March 2
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: Artists’ Talk and Exhibit - “There’s No Place Like Time: A Novel You Walk Through”7:00 p.m.:Mar2
Featuring a video art exhibition by Andrea and Lance Olsen
Artists’ Talk 7:00 p.m. in Durand 209; opening reception in Sonnenschein and Albright Galleries at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 2.
Monday, March 20
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: Why Write – A Workshop with Mark Edmundson12:00 p.m.:Mar20
