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Past Event

Modern Masters on Classic American Stories with Joshua Cohen and Michael Cunningham

March 25, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Deutsches Haus - 420 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027

To mark the publication of Library of America’s new two-volume collection The American Short Story: The Nineteenth Century, join literary luminaries Joshua Cohen and Michael Cunningham for a conversation about the stories that have most influenced them and remain uniquely resonant. Cohen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Netanyahus, teaches writing in Columbia’s School of the Arts. Cunningham, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Hours, teaches writing at Yale.

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