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Day Two in Pictures

Photos by Lena Perkins unless otherwise noted.

From left to right: Curtis Sittenfeld, Thomas Mallon and Joe Klein. “Historical Fiction in the Post-Factual World”

Billy Collins, “Politics, Poetry and War”

Teju Cole signs a book for Teacher & Librarian Scholarship winner Lisa-Erika James.

Curtis Sittenfeld signs a copy of her book “Eligible” for a fan.

Joyce Carol Oates reads from “A Book of American Martyrs.”

From left to right: Cynthia Crossen, Deborah Eisenberg, and Rachel Kushner, “Being a Fiction Writer at the End of an Empire.”

From left to right: Daniel Menaker, George Saunders, Jane Mayer, and Teju Cole, “The Rhinoceros, the Kochtopus, and the Elephant in the Room.”

Jane Mayer signs a copy of “Dark Money.”

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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.