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The New Yorker Festival: Alternative Histories

With Jennifer Egan, George Saunders, and Colson Whitehead. Moderated by Deborah Treisman.

Jennifer Egan is an award-winning writer. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for her novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” and her novel “Look at Me” was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in fiction. Her nonfiction has appeared regularly in the New York Times Magazine, and in 2012 The New Yorker presented a serialized version of her short story “Black Box” on Twitter. Her new novel, “Manhattan Beach,” will be published in October, 2017.

George Saunders has published more than twenty short stories and numerous Shouts & Murmurs pieces in The New Yorker since first appearing in the magazine, in 1992. His story collections include “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline,” a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award, and “Tenth of December,” a finalist for the National Book Award and a recipient of the Folio Prize. Saunders has received fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” was published in February, 2017, and short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.

Colson Whitehead is the author of eight books, including “The Intuitionist,” “John Henry Days,” and “Sag Harbor,” which was excerpted in the December 22, 2008, issue of The New Yorker. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Whiting Award. His most recent novel, the Times best-seller “The Underground Railroad,” was published in 2016, and long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. It was awarded the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize.

Deborah Treisman has been the fiction editor of The New Yorker since 2003 and has worked at the magazine since 1997. She is also the host of The New Yorker’s monthly Fiction Podcast and its weekly podcast The Writer’s Voice.

Tickets $49

Land Rover Theatre at SIR Stage37
508 West 37th Street











When: Sat., Oct. 7, 2017 at 10:00 am

With Jennifer Egan, George Saunders, and Colson Whitehead. Moderated by Deborah Treisman.

Jennifer Egan is an award-winning writer. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for her novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” and her novel “Look at Me” was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in fiction. Her nonfiction has appeared regularly in the New York Times Magazine, and in 2012 The New Yorker presented a serialized version of her short story “Black Box” on Twitter. Her new novel, “Manhattan Beach,” will be published in October, 2017.

George Saunders has published more than twenty short stories and numerous Shouts & Murmurs pieces in The New Yorker since first appearing in the magazine, in 1992. His story collections include “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline,” a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award, and “Tenth of December,” a finalist for the National Book Award and a recipient of the Folio Prize. Saunders has received fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His first novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” was published in February, 2017, and short-listed for the Man Booker Prize.

Colson Whitehead is the author of eight books, including “The Intuitionist,” “John Henry Days,” and “Sag Harbor,” which was excerpted in the December 22, 2008, issue of The New Yorker. He has received a MacArthur Fellowship and a Whiting Award. His most recent novel, the Times best-seller “The Underground Railroad,” was published in 2016, and long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. It was awarded the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize.

Deborah Treisman has been the fiction editor of The New Yorker since 2003 and has worked at the magazine since 1997. She is also the host of The New Yorker’s monthly Fiction Podcast and its weekly podcast The Writer’s Voice.

Tickets $49

Land Rover Theatre at SIR Stage37
508 West 37th Street

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