Join us for the 10th Annual The Literary Festival!!
Amherst College will host the 10th annual LitFest, a literary festival celebrating fiction, nonfiction, poetry, spoken-word performance, and the College's extraordinary literary life. Guest speakers include award-winning author Teju Cole; Pulitzer Prize winner Brandon Som; Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic; and a special panel on the making of American Fiction with writer and director Cord Jefferson, lead actor Jeffrey Wright '87, and Percival Everett, author of Erasure, the novel upon which the film is based.
Schedule of Events:
12:00 pm: On Call: Dr. Anthony Fauci in Conversation with Cullen Murphy '74 H'19
Johnson Chapel
2:00 pm: Phosphorescence Special Edition: Paisley Rekdal and Brandon Som in Conversation with Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation
Introductions: Jane Wald, the Jane and Robert Keiter Family Executive Director of the Emily Dickinson Museum
In partnership with the National Book Foundation and Emily Dickinson Museum
Friendly Reading Room, Frost Library
7:00 pm: Amherst Student Publications Mingle
Eighmy Powerhouse
Amherst College is committed to making all of its programs, services and activities accessible for all. Contact the Office of Conferences and Special Events with questions and special requests. Our campus map notes the location of all venues and accessible parking spaces. For directions, parking, transportation and local lodging options, see Visiting Amherst.
