The LitPubCrawl is premised on the notion that our Creative Writing students benefit from having access to professionals who will intersect with their writing lives: writers of all sorts (i.e., genres), agents, editors, publishers, etc. These creative types talk to students (both grad and undergrad) about making use of their writing degree and/or functioning in various writing-oriented jobs in the real world. 

This year's lineup features four authors: Janna Levin, Chancellor Fellow and author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space and the novel A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines; Pico Iyer, Presidential Fellow and author of numerous books of nonfiction, most recently The Art of Stillness; Ryan Gattis, author of All Involved and the YA novel Kung Fu High School; and Gordon MacAlpine, whose new crime novel Woman with a Blue Pencil was recently nominated for an Edgar Award. Speakers chat for about 40 minutes, including Q and A. Students hear how each writer came to do what he or she does, and the writers offer advice about developing a career as a writer, words that are often, in turns, encouraging, philosophical, and sensible.