Masterclass Lunch w/ Yahdon Israel
Sat, May 02
|John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Time & Location
May 02, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
About the event
Masterclass Lunches
Two intimate, limited-capacity lunch conversations designed for writers thinking expansively about their place in publishing and how to resource their work responsibly.
Lunch 2: Palabras at the Table: Beyond the Book Deal with Yahdon Israel
Saturday, May 2nd, 12:00 PM | Limited Seating
Join Yahdon Israel, Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster and founder of a popular book club and literary podcast Atria Books, for an intimate conversation about building lasting influence in publishing beyond the manuscript. Explore how to build meaningful relationships in publishing, understand power structures, and consider how your path might extend into editing, curating, criticism, or cultural leadership. Lunch is included.