Humanities Dean’s Salon, February 1, 2024 - Dean Deborah L. Nelson hosts a conversation with Robyn Schiff and Kenneth Moss on how society creates the past through art, history, and memory. English language and literature professor Robyn Schiff came to the University of Chicago this academic year to lead the growing Program in Creative Writing. Schiff and her longtime friend Kenneth Moss, the Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor of Jewish History and the College, discuss the broader impact of creative writing and its unique position at the University of Chicago. Schiff also reads an excerpt from her latest book, Information Desk: An Epic.

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