what’s in a word?: literary departments
Long before the glitz and glam of a red carpet premiere, everything starts with an idea. those working in literary departments are our hidden gatekeepers, reviewing thousands of applications and hundreds of thousands of pages to help select and develop new work from an artist’s brain to the public’s consumption.
Where Does it all come from?
You are listening to Kayla Giltner sharing her insider experience of dramaturgy, theatrical fellowship script coverage, development of new work, and more.
How does it all work, really?
From daily schedules and job descriptions to coverage reports, material cataloguing, and everything in between, the roles within the literary world, while invisible to the public eye, are as busy as any other.
These roles and the players who fill them have long taken influence from one another. One department head trains the next, who carries their experience to a new institution and passes it on to the newcomers they find there, continuing a long-lasting tradition and legacy of literary influence from decades past through to today — and beyond.
