Professor Kathy Engel
Department of Art & Public Policy Professor Kathy Engel is pushing the boundaries of cultural rpoduction through engaging in the Writer & Books 2022 Literary Conference. The theme of this year's conference is "Taking Care in Writing, Publishing, & Building Community."
Engel is a member of the panel, "Writing Through Grief":
Why do we chronicle our grief? How do we approach grief’s enormity? What lessons can we learn and impart during the creative process? What do we share, what remains private? Panel includes brief readings. Authors Victoria Chang, Kathy Engel, and Margaret Gibson discuss these questions and more with Charles Coté.
Engel will also be moderating the panel "War & Peace in the American Imagination."
For decades the topic of war in novels, memoirs, poetry, journalism, and other genres has made a large claim on the American psyche. What lessons can we draw from literary works that interrogate experiences of war? Is war ever justified? Can literatures provide a roadmap to peace? What remains to be written, and for whom?
Writers & Books is a Rochester, NY-based literary arts center with a mission to foster and promote reading and writing as lifelong activities for people of all ages and backgrounds.