{"id":2,"date":"2023-11-16T18:53:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:26:50","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Landing Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>It\u2019s a novel event, with:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span><strong>Susan Lucci<\/strong>, the star of daytime television\u2019s <\/span><em><span>All My Children, <\/span><\/em><span>in an opening-night keynote conversation about her new memoir, <\/span><em><span>La Lucci, <\/span><\/em><span>with best selling author <strong>Adriana Trigiani<\/strong><\/span><span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span><strong>Jodi Picoult<\/strong> and <strong>Alice Hoffman<\/strong> in a keynote conversation about writing, reading and the power of storytelling in a time of book bans <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>Alice Hoffman<\/strong> shares heartwarming stories with contributors to her upcoming anthology, <\/span><span><em>The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Musical director <strong>Tim Weil<\/strong> discusses the landmark musical by Adelphi alum Jonathan Larson \u201982, the subject of his new book, <\/span><em><span>Making <\/span><\/em><span>Rent:<\/span><em><span> The Story Behind the Music That Changed Broadway<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Novelist and memoirist <strong>Darcey Steinke<\/strong> and science writer <strong>Michael Rossi<\/strong><\/span> <span>talk about their new books, which explore the impact of fake science and superstition <\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>A look at the career of Zora Neale Hurston, with <strong>Patrik Henry Bass<\/strong>, executive editor of Amistad Books, an imprint devoted to the works of Black writers<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong><span>Joan Silber<\/span>,<\/strong> <strong><span>Ed Park<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span>Luis Jaramillo<\/span><\/strong> discuss the art of time in fiction<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Novelists <strong>Fiona Davis<\/strong>, <strong>Ann Leary<\/strong> and <strong>Alyson Richman<\/strong><\/span> <span>discuss the craft of writing historical fiction <\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Featured faculty author <strong>Marcos Gonsalez, PhD<\/strong>, on his award-winning novel <\/span><em><span>Pedro&#8217;s Theory<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Best Selling Novelists <strong>Jessica Knoll<\/strong> and <strong>Alice Hoffman<\/strong> talk about the writer-editor relationship with <strong>Marysue Rucci<\/strong>, publisher of Scribner Books<\/span><a id=\"photos\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Featured Authors<\/h2>\n<p><span>Join these celebrated writers in this year\u2019s keynote conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_681\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-681\" class=\"wp-image-681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Susan-Lucci-300x300.png\" alt=\"Susan Lucci\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Susan-Lucci-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Susan-Lucci-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Susan-Lucci-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Susan-Lucci.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Justice Apple<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Susan Lucci<\/h3>\n<p><span>Susan Lucci is an Emmy Award-winning actress and <\/span><em><span>New York Times<\/span><\/em><span> bestselling author, entrepreneur and advocate for women&#8217;s heart health. The most famous actress in the history of daytime television, she is known to generations of fans for her vivid portrayal of Erica Kane on ABC-TV\u2019s <\/span><em><span>All My Children. <\/span><\/em><span>She later starred on Broadway in <\/span><em><span>Annie Get Your Gun<\/span><\/em><span> and in the television dramas <\/span><em><span>Devious Maids <\/span><\/em><span>and <\/span><em><span>Deadly Affairs. <\/span><\/em><span>Her new memoir, <\/span><em><span>La Lucci, <\/span><\/em><span>an instant<\/span><em><span> New York Times <\/span><\/em><span>bestseller<\/span><em><span>, <\/span><\/em><span>is a follow-up to her 2011autobiography, <\/span><em><span>All My Life, <\/span><\/em><span>which reached No. 2 on the <\/span><em><span>New York Times <\/span><\/em><span>bestseller list.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_676\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-676\" class=\"wp-image-676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Jodi-Picoult-300x300.png\" alt=\"Jodi Picoult\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Jodi-Picoult-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Jodi-Picoult-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Jodi-Picoult-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/writers-readers-festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2026\/02\/Jodi-Picoult.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Tim Llewellyn<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Jodi Picoult<\/h3>\n<p><span>Jodi Picoult is the No. 1 <\/span><em><span>New York Times <\/span><\/em><span>bestselling author of 30 novels, including <\/span><em><span>By Any Other Name<\/span><\/em><span>, <\/span><em><span>Mad Honey <\/span><\/em><span>(co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), <\/span><em><span>Wish You Were Here<\/span><\/em><span>,<\/span><em><span> The Book of Two Ways<\/span><\/em><span>,<\/span><em><span> A Spark of Light<\/span><\/em><span>,<\/span><em><span> Small Great Things<\/span><\/em><span>, <\/span><em><span>Leaving Time<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>My Sister\u2019s Keeper,<\/span><\/em><span> and, with her daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, <\/span><em><span>Between the Lines<\/span><\/em><span> and <\/span><em><span>Off the Page<\/span><\/em><span>. Her work is celebrated not only for its emotional depth and meticulous research but also for tackling complex moral and ethical issues with nuance and compassion. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Festival Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>All events will take place in the Ruth S. Harley University Center on the Adelphi campus, except where noted.<\/p>\n<h3>Wednesday, April 15<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 15%;\">Time<\/th>\n<th>Session<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">7:00pm<\/td>\n<td><strong>An Evening With Susan Lucci<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Performing Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Thursday, April 16<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 15%;\">Time<\/th>\n<th>Session<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">9:30am<\/td>\n<td><strong>The MFA and First Books: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Puja Shah &#8217;03, Robin Boyle-Laisure and <span>Roohi Choudhry<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">11:00am<\/td>\n<td><strong>Keynote Conversation: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Jodi Picoult and Alice Hoffman<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">1:30pm<\/td>\n<td><strong>Historical Fiction Panel: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Ann Leary, Alyson Richman, Fiona Davis<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">1:30pm<\/td>\n<td><strong><em>Making<\/em> Rent: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Tim Weil and Jennifer Tepper<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">3:00pm<\/td>\n<td><strong><em>The Best Dog in the World<\/em>: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Alice Hoffman, Ann Leary, Laura Zigman<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">4:30pm<\/td>\n<td><strong>Poetry: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><strong>The Voice on the Page:<\/strong> Ed Mabrey, Emily Lee Luan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Friday, April 17<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 15%;\">Time<\/th>\n<th>Session<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">9:30am<\/td>\n<td><strong>The Editor\/Author Relationship: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Alice Hoffman, Jessica Knoll and Marysue Rucci<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">11:00am<\/td>\n<td><strong><span>Publishing 101: From Manuscript to Book<\/span>: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Elizabeth Mitchell, Catherine Tung and Courtney Paganelli<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">1:30pm<\/td>\n<td><strong>Science and Superstition: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Darcey Steinke, Michael Rossi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">1:30pm<\/td>\n<td><strong>Faculty Conversation: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Marcos Gonsalez<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">3:00pm<\/td>\n<td><strong>Fiction and the Art of Time: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Joan Silber, Luis <span>Jaramillo<\/span>, Ed Park<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\">4:30pm<\/td>\n<td><strong><span>Amistad: <\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; 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