Event Listing: 20 Under 40



On Wednesday check out 20 Under 40: Stories from the New Yorker a reading by young New Yorker story contributors: Nell Freudenberger, Gary Shteyngart, David Bezmozgus, Wells Tower, Chris Adrian, Rivka Galchen, and Karen Russell. The reading is curated by WI faculty member and New Yorker fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Why these writers? Tresiman says, “What was notable in all the writing, above and beyond a mastery of language and of storytelling, was a palpable Read more…

David Denby, New Yorker film critic, talks about the art of the review



  New Yorker film critic David Denby was at the Writers’ Institute yesterday evening, sharing his thoughts on how cineastes can break into two professions: movie making and film reviewing.