We’ve got the lineup for this year’s BEA presentation of 7x20x21.

In case you’re new to the format, 7x20x21 is a lecture series designed to keep things interesting. Speakers present for 7 minutes, accompanied by 20 slides. The slides advance forward every 21 seconds, moving the talk along quickly.

This year’s presentations:

*Colson Whitehead, author of Sag Harbor, talking about the... [read more]

We’ve got the lineup for this year’s BEA presentation of 7x20x21.

In case you’re new to the format, 7x20x21 is a lecture series designed to keep things interesting. Speakers present for 7 minutes, accompanied by 20 slides. The slides advance forward every 21 seconds, moving the talk along quickly.

This year’s presentations:

*Colson Whitehead, author of Sag Harbor, talking about the LitMode 100, a state of the art, fully adjustable, lightweight writing module
*Rita Meade, aka Twitter’s ScrewyDecimal, on the future of libraries
*Misha Glouberman, experimental artist and creator of the Misha Glouberman School of Learning, discussing unconferences
*Rachel Rosenfelt founder and editor-in-chief of The New Inquiry, on the current reviewing landscape for women
*Ben Greenman, author of What He’s Poised to Do, and editor at The New Yorker, on chart artists
*Aaron Shapiro, CEO of HUGE, on his upcoming book Users Not Customers
*Kevin Smokler, VP of Marketing for Byliner, what the renaissance in narrative journalism can teach book publishers

Co-hosted, as always, by Ami Greko and Ryan Chapman.