Brenda Wineapple“The Impeachment of Impeachment; or, Stories of Power in Andrew Johnson’s ‘America for White Men, by God’”Stephen L. CarterFrom left to right: Stephen L. Carter & Garrett Epps. “Race, Power, & Law”, Readings in Conversation.An audience member asks a question.Applause from the audience.Ann Beattie, “Mrs. Nixon: Finding Movement in a Still Object (Who wasn’t an Object)”Ann Beattie, “Mrs. Nixon: Finding Movement in a Still Object (Who wasn’t an Object)”From left to right: Annette Gordon-Reed & Peter S. Onuf. “’Most Blessed of the Patriarchs’: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination”From left to right: Annette Gordon-Reed & Peter S. Onuf. “’Most Blessed of the Patriarchs’: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination”Peter S. Onuf signs “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination.Garrett Epps signs “American Epic”.Annette Gordon-Reed & Peter S. Onuf at their book signing.Stephen L. Carter & Brenda Wineapple sign books for fans.Panelist and workshop instructor Daniel Menaker.From left to right: Arlo Haskell, James Gleick, John Wells, Mark Hedden & Nancy Klingener. “Lincoln in the Bardo” A Staged Reading from the new Novel by George Saunders.George Saunders and his ghosts were fantastic in “Lincoln in the Bardo” A Staged Reading from the new Novel.From left to right: Arlo Haskell & George Saunders.George Saunders autographs books.
Finishing off the night with a dinner at the Truman Little White House.
Key West Literary Seminar welcomes readers and writers to this subtropical island city. Our flagship program is the annual Seminar, a four-day event that explores a unique literary theme each January, where readers from around the world enjoy presentations by some of the best writers of our time. In our Writers’ Workshop Program, also in January, writers of all levels meet in small groups with esteemed faculty to share their work and explore the craft of writing. A Scholarship Program reduces fees for teachers and librarians and recognizes the work of outstanding emerging writers. Exclusive recordings from the Seminar spanning thirty years are available in the Audio Archive, while our online journal, Littoral, features news, essays, photographs, and other resources that document Key West’s rich literary history.
A diversity of life thrives in the littoral zone — a thin strip of coastline between high and low watermarks. As the operating metaphor for our online journal, it refers to that part of Key West routinely overrun by the tide of literature and to the rich life of letters in this island city. Here you’ll find event coverage from our team of writers and photographers; news and updates about upcoming opportunities; and rare images from historic collections, interviews, and all manner of report from Key West’s life of letters.