Novelist and Literary Editor Jen Acker

How does a best-selling author work as both writer and editor? Jen Acker is a writer, editor, and translator. She is founder and editor in chief of the global, award-winning literary magazine The Common and author of two novels, Surrender and The Limits of the World, which was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. Her memoir “Fatigue” is an Amazon bestseller, and her short stories, essays, translations, and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Daily, the Washington Post, Literary Hub, n+1, Slate, and Poets & Writers, among other places. Acker will be in conversation with Nalini Jones, Assistant Professor of English. Books will be sold.

This event is part of the Editing and Publishing Week 2026 presented by the English Department and its Minor in Editing & Publishing with support from the Humanities Institute and the Digital Journalism Major.

FYE Career Event.

Join us on Thursday, October 15, at 7pm

Contact details: Professor Sonya Huber, [email protected], 203-254-4000 x2788