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Block 1
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Guided Writing
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Block 10
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Block 2
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Block 6
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Block 7
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The Muse & the Marketplace
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Fiction
Nonfiction
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Poetry
Publishing & Promotion
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Reyna Grande
A DREAM CALLED HOME
Keynote Speaker
Viet Thanh Nguyen
THE REFUGEES
Keynote Speaker
Jordy Rosenberg
CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX
Muse 2020 Fellow in Fiction
Esmé Weijun Wang
THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS
Muse 2020 Fellow in Nonfiction
Jennifer Baker
Electric Literature
Contributing Editor
Marjan Kamali
THE STATIONERY SHOP
Author
Courtney Maum
BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK DEAL
Author
Brandon Taylor
REAL LIFE
Author
Speakers
Alysia Abbott
FAIRYLAND, A MEMOIR OF MY FATHER
Author
Heather Abel
THE OPTIMISTIC DECADE
Author
Stephanie Abou
Massie McQuilkin Literary Agents
Literary Agent
Erin Almond
WITCHES' DANCE
Author
Steve Almond
WILLIAM STONER AND THE BATTLE FOR THE INNER LIFE
Author
Elizabeth Ames
THE OTHER'S GOLD
Author
Helene Atwan
Beacon Press
Director
Mona Awad
BUNNY
Author
Joy Baglio
Fiction Writer & Editor
Rita Banerjee
ECHO IN FOUR BEATS
Author
Lynne Barrett
MAKING GOOD TIME
Editor
Sarah Bedingfield
Levine Greenberg Rostan
Literary Agent
Amy Elizabeth Bishop
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Literary Agent
Lane Shefter Bishop
Vast Entertainment
Literary Agent
Nicole Blades
HAVE YOU MET NORA?
Author
Jeanne Blasberg
THE NINE
Author
Isabelle Bleecker
Nordlyset Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Jenna Blum
THOSE WHO SAVE US
Author
Christopher Bollen
A BEAUTIFUL CRIME
Author
Lisa Borders
THE FIFTY-FIRST STATE
Author
Sari Boren
TO REST
Playwright
Lisa Braxton
THE TALKING DRUM
Author
Colwill Brown
Fiction Writer
Nate Brown
American Short Fiction
Literary Magazine Editor
Danielle Burby
Nelson Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Susan Canavan
Waxman Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Heather Carr
The Friedrich Agency
Literary Agent
Jamie Carr
The Book Group
Literary Agents
Christopher Castellani
LEADING MEN
Author
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
CHILDREN OF THE LAND
Author
Sonali Chanchani
Folio Literary Management
Literary Agent
Erica Charis-Molling
Mass Poetry
Education Director
Chen Chen
GESUNDHEIT!
Author
K Chess
FAMOUS MEN WHO NEVER LIVED
Author
Lucy Cleland
Kneerim & Williams
Literary Agent
Phil Cohen
Warner Bros.
Literary Executive
Jeffrey Colvin
AFRICAVILLE
Author
Marisa Corvisiero
Corvisiero Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Mary C. Curtis
Roll Call
Columnist
Kerry D'Agostino
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Literary Agent
Julie Carrick Dalton
WAITING FOR THE NIGHT SONG
Author
Kristina Darling
DIFFICULT: ESSAYS ON CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST POETRY
Author
Reiko Davis
DeFiore and Company
Literary Agent
Leah DeCesare
FORKS, KNIVES, AND SPOONS
Author
Stephanie Delman
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
Literary Agent
Sara DiVello
WHERE IN THE OM AM I?
Author
Frances Donovan
MAD QUICK HAND OF THE SEASHORE
Poet
Anjali Duva
FAINT PROMISE OF RAIN
Author
Susanna Einstein
Einstein Literary Management
Literary Agent
Jonathan Escoffery
Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
Sorche Fairbank
Fairbank Literary
Literary Agent
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
SABRINA & CORINA
Author
John Farrell
THE CLOCK AND THE CAMSHAFT, AND OTHER MEDIEVAL INVENTIONS WE STILL CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
Author
Michele Ferrari
Fiction Writer
Jennifer Ferrari-Adler
Union Literary
Literary Agent
Cherise Fisher
Wendy Sherman Associates
Literary Agent
Hattie Fletcher
CREATIVE NONFICTION and TRUE STORY
Literary Magazine Editor
Gráinne Fox
Fletcher & Co.
Literary Agent
Emily Franklin
LAST NIGHT AT THE CIRCLE CINEMA
Author
Lori Galvin
Aevitas Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Anne Gaughen
REIGN THE EARTH
Author
Amina Gautier
THE LOSS OF ALL LOST THINGS
Author
Regie Gibson
STORMS BENEATH THE SKIN
Poet
Ethan Gilsdorf
FANTASY FREAKS AND GAMING GEEKS
Author
Mollie Glick
Creative Artists Agency
Literary Agent
Manuel Gonzales
THE REGIONAL OFFICE IS UNDER ATTACK!
Author
Serina Gousby
Nonfiction Writer & Poet
Rebecca Gradinger
Fletcher & Company
Literary Agent
Lynne Griffin
GIRL SENT AWAY
Author
Christine Gross-Loh
THE PATH: WHAT CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE GOOD LIFE
Author
Lisa Grubka
Fletcher & Co.
Literary Agent
Catherine Guthrie
FLAT
Author
Desmond Hall
YOUR CORNER DARK
Author
Annie Hartnett
RABBIT CAKE
Author
Calvin Hennick
ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO
Author
Nakia Hill
I STILL DID IT
Author
Allison Pottern Hoch
Fiction Writer
Michelle Hoover
BOTTOMLAND
Author
Molly Howes
A GOOD APOLOGY
Author
Carrie Howland
Howland Literary
Literary Agent
Tasneem Z. Husain
ONLY THE LONGEST THREADS
Author
Annie Hwang
Ayesha Pande Literary
Literary Agency
Emi Ikkanda
Seal Press
Editor
Eleanor Jackson
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
Literary Agent
Tito James
CROSSBONE JONES
Author
E. Dolores Johnson
SAY I'M DEAD
Author
Kaitlyn Johnson
Belcastro Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Shirley Jones-Luke
Essayist
Daphne Kalotay
BLUE HOURS
Author
Angie Kim
MIRACLE CREEK
Author
Crystal King
THE CHEF'S SECRET
Author
Carolyn Kuebler
New England Review
Literary Magazine Editor
Maya Lang
WHAT WE CARRY
Author
John Langan
CHILDREN OF THE FANG AND OTHER GENEALOGIES
Author
Andrea Lawlor
PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL
Author
Henriette Lazaridis
THE CLOVER HOUSE
Author
Amanda Leduc
DISFIGURED: ON FAIRY TALES, DISABILITY, AND MAKING SPACE
Author
Mira T. Lee
EVERYTHING HERE IS BEAUTIFUL
Author
Jennifer De Leon
DON'T ASK ME WHERE I'M FROM
Author
Rachel Letofsky
CookeMcDermid
Literary Agent
Paul Levine
Paul S. Levine Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Alison Lewis
Zoë Pagnamenta Agency
Literary Agent
Bibi Lewis
Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Ashley Lopez
Waxman Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Sandy Lu
L. Perkins Agency
Literary Agent
Ron MacLean
WE MIGHT AS WELL LIGHT SOMETHING ON FIRE
Author
Stephen Macone
Nonfiction Writer
Pooja Makhijani
UNDER HER SKIN: HOW GIRLS EXPERIENCE RACE IN AMERICA
Editor
Anthony Marra
THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO
Author
Beth Marshea
Ladderbird Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
THE FACT OF A BODY
Author
Brendan Mathews
THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
Author
Stacy Mattingly
UNLIKELY ANGEL
Author
Nina McConigley
COWBOYS AND EAST INDIANS
Author
Candace McDuffie
Nonfiction Writer
Caitlin McGill
Nonfiction Writer
James McGowan
BookEnds
Literary Agent
Mameve Medwed
OF MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS
Author
Andrea Meyer
ROOM FOR LOVE
Author
Louise Miller
THE LATE BLOOMERS' CLUB
Author
Melody Moezzi
THE RUMI PRESCRIPTION: HOW AN ANCIENT MYSTIC POET CHANGED MY MODERN MANIC LIFE
Author
Joseph Moldover
EVERY MOMENT AFTER
Author
Wayétu Moore
SHE WOULD BE KING
Author
Christina Morgan
Serendipity Literary Agency
Literary Agent
David Mura
A STRANGER'S JOURNEY: RACE, IDENTITY & NARRATIVE CRAFT IN WRITING
Author
Dana Murphy
The Book Group
Literary Agent
Cassie Mannes Murray
Howland Literary
Literary Agent
Sahar Mustafah
THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FACE
Author
Rani Neutill
Nonfiction Writer
Celeste Ng
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
Author
Kiana Nguyen
Donald Maass Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Robert O'Neil
FinePrint Literary
Literary Agent
Porsha Olayiwola
I SHIMMER SOMETIMES, TOO
Author
Daniel José Older
SHADOWSHAPER LEGACY
Author
Amber Oliver
Harper & Harper Perennial
Editor
Amaryah Orenstein
GO Literary
Literary Agent
Jessica Papin
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Literary Agent
Annalisa Parent
Date With the Muse
Oliver de la Paz
THE BOY IN THE LABYRINTH
Author
Mitali Perkins
FORWARD ME BACK TO YOU
Author
Sarah Phair
Greenburger Associates
Literary Agent
Aemilia Phillips
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Maria Pinto
Fiction Writer
Deborah Plummer
UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care
Chief Diversity Officer
Virginia Pye
SHELF LIFE OF HAPPINESS
Author
Katie Raissian
Grove Atlantic
Editor
Kiele Raymond
Thompson Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Rishi Reddi
PASSAGE WEST
Author
Martha Rhodes
THE THIN WALL
Author
Melissa Rivero
THE AFFAIRS OF THE FALCÓNS
Author
Jane Roper
DOUBLE TIME
Author
Nathan Rostron
Restless Books
Editor
Jess Row
WHITE FLIGHTS
Author
Hank Phillippi Ryan
THE MURDER LIST
Author
Ashley-Rose Salomon
Poet
Daphne Santana-Strassmann
Memoir Writer
Shuchi Saraswat
Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
Whitney Scharer
THE AGE OF LIGHT
Author
Katrin Schumann
THIS TERRIBLE BEAUTY
Author
Rion Scott
THE WORLD DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU
Author
Lauren Scovel
Laura Gross Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Michelle Seaton
CHANGE YOUR SCHEDULE, CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Author
Courtney Sender
Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
Sejal Shah
THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE
Author
Elizabeth Shelburne
HOLDING ON TO NOTHING
Author
Anjali Singh
Ayesha Pande Literary
Literary Agent
Anna Solomon
THE BOOK OF V.
Author
Anna Sproul-Latimer
Neon Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Jonah Straus
Straus Literary
Literary Agent
Sebastian Stuart
THE MENTOR
Author
Adam Stumacher
Fiction & Nonfiction Writer
Dariel Suarez
A KIND OF SOLITUDE
Author
Pitchaya Sudbanthad
BANGKOK WAKES TO RAIN
Author
Saba Sulaiman
Talcott Notch
Literary Agent
Shubha Sunder
Fiction Writer
Grace Talusan
THE BODY PAPERS
Author
Neal Thompson
KICKFLIP BOYS
Author
Milo Todd
Fiction Writer
Joy Tutela
David Black Literary Agency
Literary Agent
Cindy Uh
Creative Artists Agency
Literary Agent
Paloma Valenzuela
THE PINEAPPLE DIARIES
Director, Producer, & Writer
Val Wang
BEIJING BASTARD
Author
Mitchell Waters
Brandt & Hochman
Literary Agent
Tim Weed
A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER & FLY FISHING
Author
Rebecca Bratten Weiss
TALKING TO SNAKES
Author
Linda K. Wertheimer
Faith Ed.
Author
Artress Bethany White
SURVIVOR'S GUILT: ESSAYS ON RACE AND AMERICAN IDENTITY
Author
Lauren Wilkinson
AMERICAN SPY
Author
Steve Woodward
Graywolf Press
Editor
Michael Zapata
THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU
Author