Career Workshop speaker
Frank Johnson
Careers in Publishing and Literary Arts
In this workshop, participants will consider three major sectors of literary publishing: development, production, and marketing, in a generative workshop where attendants create statements of intent/pitches to prepare them for jobs in publishing and literary arts that suit their particular passions, goals, expertise, and skillset.
Bio
Frank Johnson is a Black poet, cultural critic, and visual artist born and raised in East Las Vegas. He received his MFA in 2019 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the inaugural recipient of the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute’s Donald Barlow Fellowship. Frank’s poems, essays, and reviews have been featured in a number of publications including the Believer, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Shallow Ends, The Rumpus, and Desert Companion.
Career Workshops
Thursday, March 26
Session I
9:30–10:30 a.m.
Session II
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
