During The Yale Review's Spring 2023 Literary Festival, novelist and critic Garth Greenwell read from his forthcoming novel, and he discussed writing, desire, and teaching with poet and senior editor Maggie Millner and The Yale Review's editor, Meghan O'Rourke. Watch a recording of the entire event here.
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Garth Greenwell on the Ethical Limits of Teaching and Making Art
An excerpt from The Yale Review's Spring Festival
Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell is the author of Small Rain, which won the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award. His nonfiction has appeared widely, including in The New Yorker and Harper’s, and he writes regularly about music, film, and literature for the Substack newsletter To a Green Thought. He is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
Originally published:
June 7, 2023
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