Word Works: Benjamin Percy on "Blending Genre"

Novelist Benjamin Percy will take your hand and show you the mysterious borderlands between literary writing and genre writing — what distinguishes them and what we can do to blend them to create a supergenre. 

Along the way, he will also discuss the mechanics of suspense and momentum — how to keep your reader engaged from beginning to end.

Author of The House Girl Tara Conklin will conduct a Q&A after the talk.

Benjamin Percy is the author of three novels, most recently The Dead Lands, a post apocalyptic reimagining of the Lewis and Clark saga. He is also the author of Red Moon and The Wilding, as well as two books of short stories. His honors include a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Whiting Writers’ Award, two Pushcart Prizes, the Plimpton Prize, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.