The fifteenth annual conference, Mailer Ascending, Holiday Inn Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida, October 26–28, 2017, held in cooperation with the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. The photographs follow the three days in order: the panels in the Sarasota and Lido Rooms, conversations between sessions, and the keynote luncheon on October 28 in the Sand Dollar Room, where Colum McCann gave the address, introduced by Susan Mailer. Photographs by Jerry Lucas. See the program (PDF), or go back to the 2017 conference.
