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In Praise of Not Not Reading | The Point Magazine

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The campus where I work can hardly be labeled a bastion of literary enthusiasm. But, every spring, for a brief, three-day period, it does its best to pretend otherwise.

The campus where I work can hardly be labeled a bastion of literary enthusiasm. But, every spring, for a brief, three-day period, it does its best to pretend otherwise. The annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference culls from the ranks of established and award-winning authors (including, recently, figures like Colson Whitehead, Roxane Gay, and Robert Pinsky) and then brings those authors to campus for three days of workshops, presentations and roundtable debates. The mood at these events is always festive: authors’ quips get tweeted; audience members’ questions get answered; and boo

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