Professor Gilfoyle to present at Newberry Seminar in Writing History

On November 11, Prof. Timothy Gilfoyle will present "Writing a Pickpocket's Tale" at the Newberry Seminar in Writing History. Professor Gilfoyle will discuss how he came to write A Pickpocket's Tale. The book starts with a single felon and opens into a sweeping examination of crime and punishment in late nineteenth century New York. The discussion will range across many facets of the writing and editing process, as well as getting published. 

The Newberry Seminar in Writing History will meet on Friday, November 11 at 3 pm in the Towner Fellows Lounge at the Newberry Library, 60 W Walton Street.