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From Scholarly Writing to Public Writing: A Workshop With Editors

October 30 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Location: Mergenthaler 266

Featured Guest Speakers:

Lisa Borst, n+1

Adam McGee, Inquest

Please join the Chloe Center for a special workshop led by editors at two popular publications that frequently publish work by academics, n+1 and Inquest. This workshop will cover some of the basics as well as the nuances of making the transition from scholarly writing to reaching a public audience. Particular attention will be paid to the challenges and rewards of developing critical perspectives on questions of racism, immigration, empire, and the carceral state for a wide audience. Those who are interested in publishing for the first time, as well as more experienced authors, are welcome.

After the workshop, Lisa Borst and Adam McGee will hold “office hours” from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, during which students will be able to meet with them to discuss publishing in a private setting for twenty minutes. Please RSVP for the workshop and sign up here for these office hours (confirmation of the office hours meeting will be sent via e-mail).

This workshop is open to JHU graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty. Lunch will be provided for attendees who RSVP.

Guest Speaker Bios:

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Lisa Borst is a coeditor-in-chief of n+1, a magazine of literature, culture, and politics based in Brooklyn. She’s also an occasional contributor to the magazine, and her essays and criticism have appeared in Bookforum, The Nation, BOMB, and elsewhere. Before working at n+1, she was production manager at The New Republic. 

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Adam McGee is the Managing Editor of Inquest. Before joining Inquest, he served as Managing Editor of Boston Review for nearly a decade, where he was also founding Arts Editor of the magazine’s Arts in Society project. He has worked with New York Times best-sellers, MacArthur geniuses, and winners of Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, NAACP Image Awards, the Robert Frost Medal, Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Awards, and Lambda Awards. McGee earned a PhD in African and African American Studies from Harvard University and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Prior to becoming a full-time editor, he taught religious studies and anthropology at Harvard, Tufts, and Northeastern.