- For 50 years Salmagundi magazine has covered politics, culture, and a wide range of ideas, with work by top writers.
- "To Forget Venice" ranges over several stages of a life that features adolescent heartbreak and betrayal, marriage and children, friendship and loss, according to the University of Chicago Press.
- The acclaimed author was no stranger to Skidmore or to readers of "Salmagundi" magazine.
- Scholars to consider many forms of identity in two-day event.
- Koestenbaum will address a range of issues relating to the craft of writing, including how and why he writes.
- In 'The Island', Barrett draws on her life-long interest in science and the history of science for inspiration.