Journalist, Author Lev Grossman To Give Robison Lecture

Time Senior Writer and New York Times Bestselling author Lev Grossman will deliver the Robison Lecture at Bradley University on Thursday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Peplow Pavilion in the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The title of the lecture is "The Accidental Journalist: The highly unprofessional education of a professional writer." Grossman will sign copies of the first book in his New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy, "The Magicians," which will be offered for purchase at the lecture.   A reception and book signing will follow the lecture in the Hall of Pride.

About Lev Grossman
The New York Times calls him “one of the country’s smartest and most reliable critics,” but Lev Grossman is undeniably more than that. His critically acclaimed Magicians trilogy—which Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin says “is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea”—bucks postmodern fantasy tropes, and is now a hit television show on SyFy. As a book critic and senior technology writer for Time Magazine, Lev has interviewed such luminaries as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Salman Rushdie and J. K. Rowling—and it’s earned him more than a few stories in the process. In this talk, Lev discusses his career as an “Accidental Journalist”: sharing funny and embarrassing stories from his storied career at Time, and spinning serious lessons about journalism from them. Sometimes, the most professional people learn through highly unconventional educations, and Lev’s talk will leave you thinking about how to grow and succeed by doing whatever it is you do—and learning from your mistakes along the way.

The Robison Lecture is sponsored by the Department of Communication, in conjunction with the Intellectual and Cultural Activities Committee.

Since the Robison Lectureship Series began in 1988, Bradley's Department of Communication has hosted more than 30 journalists and journalism educators. The Robison Lecturer program was established in memory of Mary Leslie Robison, an educator and journalist for more than 40 years. She was an assistant professor of English at Bradley from 1957 to 1968. In 1953, the Illinois Association of Journalism Teachers honored her with a gold key for meritorious service to scholastic journalism.