Morning Wake Up

Start your day energized! Join us for complimentary coffee and treats from 10:00-10:30 AM, setting the stage for an engaging and informal conversation with 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize recipients Kei Miller, Gwendoline Riley, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Lucy Sante, and James Surowiecki, senior editor at The Yale Review, offering a unique opportunity to connect directly with some of today’s most compelling literary voices in a relaxed setting.

James Surowiecki is an editor at The Yale Review, journalist, and author. He’s the author of the national bestseller The Wisdom of Crowds (2004), and a contributing writer to The Atlantic. He was a columnist at The New Yorker for 17 years, writing the popular bi-weekly business column “The Financial Page.” He also wrote the Bottom Line column for New York magazine and was a business columnist for Slate. His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications, including, among others, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and The New York Review of Books. Surowiecki has also worked in documentary film and television. He was senior story producer and writer for the HBO series Vice News Tonight, and co-produced and wrote two films on the history and meaning of college football for ESPN.