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Publishing and Diversity: A Panel Discussion

Wed, January 25, 2017
Dinner Program
Camille Griep ’99, Kima Jones, Rachel Kahan, and Yi Shun Lai ’96, panelists (pictured clockwise from upper left)

Authors and CMC alumni Camille Griep ’99 and Yi Shun Lai ’96 will join executive editor Rachel Kahan of William Morrow and Company and book publicist Kima Jones of Jack Jones Literary Arts for a panel discussion regarding the state of the book publishing industry and the representation of diverse voices and genres in the field. 

Camille Griep '99 is the author of Letters to Zell and New Charity Blues; she is also a senior editor at the Lascaux Review. She graduated from CMC with a dual degree in biology and literature. After a career in corporate communications, Griep has devoted herself to writing. Yu Shun Lai '96 is the author of Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu; she is also a literary editor at the Tahoma Literary Review and the Los Angeles Review. 

Along with publishing professionals Rachel Kahan and Kim Jones, the evening will feature readings by novelists Griep and Lai and a moderated conversation regarding the panelists' recent experiences with publishing.

This literary panel discussion at the Athenaeum is co-sponsored by CMC's Center for Writing and Public Discourse (CWPD).

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