In addition to visits by these authors, the College also offers the biennial $50,000 St. Francis College's commitment to supporting Brooklyn's literary community. The Walt Whitman Series is a continuation of St. Previous authors include Junot Díaz, Charles Baxter, George Saunders, James Salter, Colum McCann, Ben Marcus, Dinaw Mengestu, Kate Christensen, Julie Orringer, Jonathan Lethem, Darcey Steinke, and Rick Moody. Francis for the Walt Whitman Series which continues to bring top contemporary authors to Brooklyn Heights to share their work and writing experiences with students, faculty and the entire Brooklyn community. Maud Casey won the award for her book, The Man Who Walked Away.īuzzfeed's Isaac Fitzgerald has hosted three previous events at the College conversations with Margaret Atwood, Junot Díaz, and Stephen King with Peter Straub, Owen King and Emma Straub.īeatty was the thirteenth writer to visit St.

He appeared on a panel with other authors who were selected for the short list of the 2015 St.

Francis College during the Brooklyn Book Festival in September. Francis College for the Walt Whitman Writers Series on December 3, 2015.īeatty previously came to St. Paul Beatty, author of the acclaimed novel, The Sellout, spent the night in conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald at St.

Author of the sellout