Reading by Forrest Gander followed by a conversation with Associate Professor Dorothea Lasky, Writing. Reading of a poem by Max Ritvo by William Duanmu and Miranda Gershoni, Ritvo Fellows.

Forrest Gander is a writer, translator, and editor of several anthologies of writing from Spain and Mexico. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Mojave Ghost; Twice Alive; Be With, which won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award; and Core Samples from the World, a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Recently, Gander collaborated with the photographer Jack Shear to create the collection Knot (Copper Canyon, 2022). His other books include two novels, As A Friend and The Trace; the poetry collections Eye Against Eye, Torn Awake, Science & Steepleflower; and the essay collection Faithful Existence: Reading, Memory & Transcendence. Gander’s essays have appeared in The Nation, The Boston Review, and The New York Times Book Review. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim, Howard, United States Artists, and Whiting Foundations.

The Max Ritvo Poetry Series is organized in memory of Max Ritvo '16, author of Four Reincarnations and The Final Voicemails, and co-author of Letters from Max.

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This series is supported by an endowment established in memory of Max Ritvo by Ariella Riva Ritvo and the Alan B. Slifka Foundation.