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The Yale Review Festival: Artists at Work with Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Artists at Work
12:00–1:00 P.M., HQ 134
How do artists collaborate?
Husband-and-wife duo Matt Berninger, lead singer of The National, and poet and editor Carin Besser, formerly of The New Yorker, discuss their long-standing musical collaboration, and the challenges and delights of co-creation. Introduced by Meghan O’Rourke and moderated by award-winning playwright and Yale professor Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

The Yale Review Festival: Keynote Panel on the Art of Editing

Keynote Panel
5:00-6:30 P.M., HQ L02
What is a magazine editor for?
A roundtable discussion on the art of editing with Emily Greenhouse (The New York Review of Books), Radhika Jones (Vanity Fair), Deborah Treisman (The New Yorker), and Meghan O’Rourke (The Yale Review, formerly The New Yorker, Slate, and The Paris Review). Introduced by TYR senior editor Sam Huber. Conversation moderated by TYR senior editor James Surowiecki.
Co-sponsored by the Whitney Humanities Center.

Opening Reception: “Street Talk”: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace

Please join us to celebrate the opening of “Street Talk”: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace on view in the Hanke Gallery of Sterling Memorial Library.

Onitsha Market Literature—named after a city east of the Niger River—emerged in the early 1950s. The popular pamphlet style soon spread to other centers throughout the then British colony of Nigeria. These ephemeral publications circulated widely throughout the busy marketplace, and writers intended them to be both educating and entertaining for the common people.

“Street Talk”: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace

Onitsha Market Literature—named after a city east of the Niger River—emerged in the early 1950s. The popular pamphlet style soon spread to other centers throughout the then British colony of Nigeria. These ephemeral publications circulated widely throughout the busy marketplace, and writers intended them to be both educating and entertaining for the common people.

Artist Book Hour: Photobooks

Join us at Haas Arts Library for a peek at a selection of photobooks from the library’s special collections!

The term “artist book” can be hard to define. Simply put, an artist book is an art object inspired by the form and/or function of a conventional book. Haas Arts Library has thousands of artist books in its special collections. During this session, library staff will showcase a few recent acquisitions. Feel free to drop in anytime during the hour.

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