Elif Batuman is the author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, and most recently, The Idiot (Penguin, 2017). Nick Laird is the author of three collections of poetry, and three novels—most recently, Modern Gods (Viking, 2017). This event is hosted by NYU Creative Writing Program faculty member and National Book Critics Circle Award winner Darin Strauss.
The New Salon: Elif Batuman and Nick Laird in Conversation with Darin Strauss
