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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Women have been active in science since the earliest formal scientific inquiry, often acting as assistants to their fathers, brothers, or husbands, but how we talk about women in science — and their work — started to change after the Renaissance. Join us for a pop-up exhibit celebrating groundbreaking scientists from a variety of fields, including astronomy, physics, geology, and life sciences, both in the wider scientific community and at Yale.
Featured scientists include:
The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) was Louis Kahn’s last project and a landmark building for Yale. The exhibition “People Look Up at Good Architecture” examines Kahn’s innovative use of natural light and complex skylight system.
The 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize recipients will be in residence on Yale’s campus from September 16-19 for a multi-day international literary festival during which they will share their work, engage in conversation on a range of subjects, and celebrate reading and the written word with the New Haven community. All events are free and open to the public.
The full schedule of talks, discussions, and readings will be available at windhamcampbell.org in mid-August 2025.
The Yale Review presents The Yale Review Festival 2025, featuring four days of readings, conversations, craft talks, and workshops with novelists, poets, critics, and editors. Detailed schedule forthcoming.
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.
