UNL English PhD alum Ilana Masad will be in conversation with her editor, Mo Crist of Bloomsbury Books, on the subject of publishing and literary editing, on Wednesday, Nov 12, 3:30 pm in Andrews 114. (Please also note that Ilana will read from her new novel BEINGS, which was her creative dissertation, at Francie and Finch, also Nov 12, at 5:30pm.)
Mo Crist, Editor at Bloomsbury
Mo Crist began their career at W. W. Norton where they acquired and edited a diverse list of titles with a focus on transgressive, intellectually curious, evocative writing. They have edited across genre and subject from literary fiction to deeply researched history and biography, cultural criticism, and food writing. Books they have worked on have been nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, Lambda Literary Awards, James Beard Awards, and the Dublin Literary Award.
Ilana Masad, Author of Beings
Ilana Masad is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, NPR, The Atlantic, StoryQuartlerly, Catapult, Buzzfeed, Joyland, The Account, and many more. In addition to her new novel Beings, she is the author of the novel All My Mother’s Lovers. Masad holds a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has taught a wide variety of creative writing and literature courses, and also provides editorial services to authors.