Event Host: Department of English
Short Description: Visiting Writer Meghan Daum will give a reading of her work on Sunday, Jan. 31. The reading is free and open to the public, and books will be available for purchase and signing. Daum will also host an all-day workshop for MFA students on Saturday, Jan. 30.
Visiting Writer Meghan Daum will give a reading of her work on Sunday, Jan. 31. The reading is free and open to the public, and books will be available for purchase and signing. Daum will also host an all-day workshop for MFA students on Saturday, Jan. 30.
Meghan Daum is the author of four books, most recently the collection of original essays The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion. She is also the editor of Selfish, Shallow & Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not To Have Kids. Her other books include the essay collection My Misspent Youth, the novel The Quality of Life Report, and Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived In That House, a memoir. Since 2005, Meghan has been an opinion columnist at The Los Angeles Times, covering cultural and political topics. She is the recipient of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship and is currently an adjunct associate professor in the MFA Writing Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts.
This event is sponsored by the Department of English and its MFA Program in Creative Writing.
