Brattleboro Literary Festival – Peter Mendelsund/Makenna Goodman

Peter Mendelsund is the author of seven books: including his novel The Delivery; “Gorgeously written; profound.” Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours), the novel Same Same described as: “Breezy and profound in equal measure.” —The New York Times, the non-fiction works What We See When We Read, (“Welcome and fascinating” Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books), Cover, The Look of the Book, a new novel, Weepers, and a new memoir Exhibitionist. Mendelsund has been described by the New York Times as “one of the top designers at work today,” and his design work has been described by The Wall Street Journal as “the most instantly recognizable and iconic.” He is the Creative Director of The Atlantic.

Makenna Goodman is the author of two novels, Helen of Nowhere and The Shame. She has written literary criticism, essays, interviews, and short fiction for international publications including the New York Review of Books, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, Catapult, Harvard Review, the White Review, BOMB, The Common, ASTRA Magazine, and MOUSSE. Based in Vermont, Goodman is also an editor.