#  Writers Speak: Douglas Stuart in conversation with Charlie Tyson 

 



    ![Photos of Douglas Stuart and Charlie Tyson](/sites/g/files/omnuum12196/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2026-09/Writers%20Speak.png?h=5137b96b&itok=uIGkvgUN) 

 



 

####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 6, 2026** 

 06:00PM - 07:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Science Center, Lecture Hall B**  



 

 



 

### Speaker: Douglas Stuart  
In conversation with Charlie Tyson

#### About the Speakers

[**Douglas Stuart** ](https://www.douglasdstuart.com/)is a Scottish-American author. His *New York Times*-bestselling debut novel *Shuggie Bain* won the 2020 Booker Prize and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and was named one of the “25 Best Books of the 21st Century” by the *Sunday Times* (UK). His next novel, *Young Mungo*, was a national bestseller, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and a finalist for the British Book Award, and one of the most highly acclaimed books of the year. His latest novel, *John of John*, was published in May 2026. His stories have been published in the *New Yorker* and his essays have featured on *Literary Hub*. He lives in New York City.

[**Charlie Tyson**](https://www.charlietyson.com/) is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. His writing has appeared in the *New Yorker*, *The Atlantic*, *Harper’s*, *The Guardian*, *The Nation*, *The Yale Review, Bookforum*, *The Chronicle of Higher Education*, *The Baffler*, and elsewhere, and his work has been translated into multiple languages. His academic monograph *The Art of Idleness: The Questioning of Work in Modern Literature*, a study of literary representations of idleness from the late nineteenth century to the present, is under contract with Harvard University Press. He is also writing a book for general readers about the dark side of the American work ethic.

#### [About the Series: Writers Speak](https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/writers-speak)

[Writers Speak](https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/writers-speak), convened by Duncan White, brings significant contemporary writers to speak on campus, with the intention of fostering literary conversation.



 

 



 

 

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