MFA Program Welcomes National Book Award Winner George Packer for Inspired Writers Series

Fairfield University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program will host National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist George Packer as part of its Inspired Writers Series on January 27 at 7:30 p.m.

The event will take place at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts’ Wien Experimental Theatre and is open to the public. Packer will be joined by Fairfield professor and National Book Award-winning author Phil Klay for an in-depth discussion of Packer’s novel, The Emergency.

The event is presented by the John Charles Meditz College of Arts and Sciences and is co-sponsored by the Quick Center for the Arts and the Center for Arts & Minds.

Acclaimed Author George Packer to Speak

George Packer is widely regarded as one of the most influential chroniclers of contemporary American life. Over the past two decades, his work has examined American foreign policy, political polarization, economic inequality, and cultural transformation, earning him both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist distinction.

At Fairfield University, Packer will discuss his latest novel, The Emergency, a powerful literary exploration of the disintegration of empire and the personal lives shaped by political and cultural upheaval. The novel continues his long-standing engagement with the forces shaping modern America.

Event Details

Event: George Packer — Inspired Writers Series
Date & Time: January 27, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Wien Experimental Theatre, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

Tickets

• $35 General Admission
• $25 Quick Center Members
• Free for Fairfield University students (ticket required)

Tickets are available through the Quick Center Box Office at quickcenter.fairfield.edu.

This event is sponsored by Westport Journal.

About George Packer

George Packer is an award-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic.

His books include:

• The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (National Book Award winner)
• The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq
• Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (winner of the Hitchens Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography)

In addition to his nonfiction work, Packer is the author of two novels, a play, and the editor of a two-volume collection of George Orwell’s essays.

About the Inspired Writers Series

The Fairfield MFA Program’s Inspired Writers Series brings nationally recognized authors to campus for in-depth conversations about craft, culture, and the role of literature in public life. Hosted by MFA Professor and National Book Award winner Phil Klay, the series is designed to inform, inspire, and engage writers and readers alike, while fostering meaningful dialogue within the broader community.