In recent weeks the David Petraeus–Paula Broadwell scandale militaire has generated much hand-wringing about the ethics of biography. The Leon Levy Center for Biography will address the issues raised as […]
The Bennington MFA program's winter residency kicks off with a reading by two core faculty members: the novelist Jill McCorkle, and Benjamin Anastas, reading from "Too Good to Be True."
Anastas will visit the Stony Brook/Southampton campus to read from "Too Good to Be True" and speak about the perils of the literary life with MFA students.
Anastas will be reading from "Too Good to Be True" at the MFA Studio of the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. The event is free and open […]
Founded in 2005, the Newburyport Literary Festival attracts over 3000 book-lovers to this historic seaport every year for a program of readings, dialogues and author events. At the first of […]
In the second of his two events at the 2013 Newburyport Literary Festival, Anastas will be taking part in a panel discussion on The Best American Essays series, moderated by […]
Why are confessional narratives penned by female writers so often deemed “brave,” “sticky,” or in the case of Sharon Olds, “opportunistic,” when the same material addressed by male writers is called by its […]
