Join Director of the Polk School, Robin Hemley, and Co-Director of the MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing, Rita Banerjee, as they engage in a lively discussion in the third of the 2021 season’s Polk Professional Series, “How Do I Become You?” The series highlights the career path and accomplishments of of successful writers, journalists, scientists, adventurers, activists, filmmakers and more, all of whom have made a difference by learning to be powerful communicators and to tell stories that count.
Today’s discussion will be with science writer and essayist Susanne Paola Antonetta.
When: October 21, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: POLK INTERVIEW: WITH SUSANNE PAOLA, Essayist
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Susanne Paola Antonetta’s newest book is The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here. Forthcoming is The Devil’s Castle. Previous books include Entangled Objects, Make Me a Mother, Curious Atoms, Body Toxic, and A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World. Awards for her writing include a New York Times Notable Book, an American Book Award, a Library Journal Best Science book of the year, an Amazon Top Ten memoir listing, and others. Her work has appeared or been featured in the New York Times, the UK Independent, The New Republic, CNN, and many other publications
Rita Banerjee 