In a world defined by uncertainty, how do we remake ourselves? What stories do we tell to make sense of chaos? This panel brings together three authors who capture the contemporary moment with humor, empathy and imagination, exploring how people adapt, resist and reinvent their lives.

Jade Chang’s debut novel, "The Wangs vs. the World," won the VCU-Cabell First Novelist Award and has been published in a dozen countries. Her journalism and essays have recently appeared in The Best American Food Writing, and in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times....

Nikki Erlick is a New York Times bestselling author. Her debut novel, "The Measure," was a Read with Jenna Book Club pick on the Today Show and has been translated into 24 languages. Her second novel, "The Poppy Fields," was an instant USA Today bestseller, a Goodreads Most Anticipated Book, and a national LibraryReads selection....

Brandon Hobson is the author of "The Devil is a Southpaw," a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and a longlister for the PEN Faulkner Award. An earlier novel, "Where the Dead Sit Talking," was a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Reading the West Award....


