Name: "Writing the big impossible thing" - a Pulitzer on the Road event
Start: 2025-03-05T18:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-03-05T20:30:00-06:00
Location: Chopin Theatre

"Writing the big impossible thing" - a Pulitzer on the Road event

Pulitzer winners Natasha Trethewey & Cristina Rivera Garza join author Rebecca Makkai for a special Pulitzer on the Road event.
About this Event

Pulitzer on the Road comes to Chicago for a free evening event on Wednesday March 5, 2025 featuring three Pulitzer prize-honored authors: Pulitzer board member and , and

In this powerful and intimate discussion, the authors will discuss writing on life's "big impossible things." Across their award-winning works of poetry, memoir and fiction, each of these authors have delved into stories of memories, trauma, and the ripple effects of grief. Join them for a conversation on craft and the creative process, the transformative power of literature, and how writing into a wound can lead to the light. A book signing will follow the event.

This is a Pulitzer on the Road event in collaboration with the Chopin Theatre and StoryStudio Chicago.