An old Syracuse house, a midlife crisis, and American decline: Dana Spiotta discusses her new novel Wayward

As part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ ongoing Alumni Academy series, join us for a conversation with acclaimed novelist and professor Dana Spiotta.

Dana Spiotta’s novel Wayward was recently selected as a New York Times Top Book of 2021. A “love letter” to Syracuse, Wayward is a moving, funny, engrossing novel about mothers and daughters, and one woman’s midlife reckoning. Professor Spiotta will be joined in conversation by Professor Jonathan Dee, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Privileges and A Thousand Pardons.