On 2/25/25, Hunter hosted this program as part of the Distinguished Writer Series.
Robert Lopez is the author of three novels, Part of the World, Kamby Bolongo Mean River, which was named one of twenty-five important books of the decade by HTML Giant, All Back Full, and two story collections, Asunder and Good People. His novel-in-stories, A Better Class Of People, was published by Dzanc Books, and Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere, his first nonfiction book, was published by Two Dollar Radio. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in dozens of publications, including Bomb, The Threepenny Review, Vice Magazine, New England Review, The Sun, and the Norton Anthology of Sudden Fiction - Latino. He teaches at Stony Brook University and has previously taught at Columbia University, The New School, Pratt Institute, and Syracuse University. He lives in Brooklyn.
Watch the program below.
