Undergraduate

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.

The Yale Review Festival: Diving Into The Situationist International with Lucy Sante

A Closer Look
3:30-4:30 P.M., HQ 276
Diving into The Situationist International papers at Yale
Lucy Sante speaks about the papers of the avant-garde collective, which are held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Introduced by TYR senior editor Dan Fox.

The Yale Review Festival: What Is Art Criticism? With Lucy Sante and Dan Fox

Writers at Work
12:00-1:00 P.M., HQ L02
What is art criticism?
Enjoy lunch with Lucy Sante, critic and memoirist, as she engages in conversation with TYR senior editor Dan Fox on the pleasures and challenges of writing about art.
Introduced by Joanna Fiduccia, assistant professor of history of art.

The Yale Review Festival: How to Become a Critic

Ask Me Anything
9:00-10:00 A.M., HQ 276
How to become a critic
Enjoy coffee and breakfast with Joanna Biggs, TYR deputy editor, and Adam Dalva, TYR contributing editor and board member of the National Book Critics Circle, as they provide practical advice about working as a critic today. Bring your questions!

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.

“Seen with Great Delight”: Spectacle in Georgian London

Samuel Johnson defined “spectacle” in 1755 as “a show; a gazing stock; anything exhibited to the view as eminently remarkable.” This exhibition will explore the range of spectacular shows that were offered to the fee-paying public in Georgian London, from exhibitions of paintings, to scientific demonstrations, to the display of wondrous animals.

The Yale Review Festival: Keynote Fiction Reading with Jonathan Lethem and Catherine Lacey

Keynote Reading and Reception
5:00–6:30 P.M., HQ L02/L90
Fiction’s mysteries
Novelists Jonathan Lethem and Catherine Lacey read from their work and discuss the role of fiction in an age of information—and misinformation—with Meghan O’Rourke, editor of The Yale Review.
Reception to Follow

The Yale Review Festival: Fiction Workshop with Catherine Lacey

Generative Workshop: Fiction
3:30-4:30 P.M., HQ 134
Writing with the body
Where does a voice begin? Come prepared to write—and move—with novelist Catherine Lacey. Open to members of the Yale community, with preference given to Yale students.
RSVP required.

The Yale Review Festival: Artists at Work with Jonathan Lethem and Gregory Crewdson

Artists at Work
12:00-1:00 P.M., HQ 134
How do artists make things?
Enjoy lunch with award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem and photographer and longtime collaborator Gregory Crewdson as they talk about making art together and apart. Moderated by Meghan O’Rourke, editor of The Yale Review.

Part of The Yale Review Festival 2025.

Alkebulan: When the Lions Returned

Franke Visiting Fellows

Jennifer Makumbi introduces her forthcoming pan-African novel, Alkebulon: The Lions Return, followed by a reading and discussion.

Civilizations are living things: they are born, they grow and die. Nations too, rise and fall. Europe and its spawned nations are declining. Africa cannot afford to stumble into global power as if drunk.