Photograph of a group of Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference attendees standing together in the Austin Ranch Banquet Hall. They are (L-R) Jesika Fisher, Angela Roe, Amanda Talbot, Ashley Porter and an unidentified attendee. The conference was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of a group of high school students attending the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference gathered together in a seating area. They will be taking part in the High School Multimedia Workshop. Currently they are in the lobby of the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of a group of Mayborn students, scholars, and faculty standing on either side of a poster that shows a quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Words so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them", and was used at the conference. Those pictured are (L-R) unidentified, Amanda Talbot, Jesika Fisher, unidentified, Eric Nishimoto, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, and Leah Waters.

Photograph of Hailey Sutton (left) and Chelsea Land (right), both Mayborn Scholars, at a reception during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of a group of high school students attending the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference gathered in a seating area. They will be participating in the Multimedia High School Workshop. Currently they are in the lobby of the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of high school students gathered in a seating area. They will be attending the Multimedia High School Workshop at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of the high school students that are participating in the Multimedia High School Workshop and Finley Graves, the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at UNT. The directors Kayla Davis, Troy Guter and Leah Waters are also standing with the students Jennifer Zhan, Nina Melishkevich, Madeline Badowski, Lauren Macy Bannister, Dylan Reed Benson, Olivia Betka, Tyrese Boone, Alleyah Brown, Molly Chambers, Lauryn Mackenzie Jones, Tanya Raghu, Sanjana Reddy, Alexis Rosebrock, Christianna Elizabeth Simon, and Juliette Strope. The workshop was held during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of students who participated in the high school multimedia workshop during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. They are gathered in one of the alcoves of the hotel hallways, some sitting on chairs some on the floor. The ones in chairs are Lauren Bannister, Lauren Jones, Alleyah Brown, Nina Melishkevich, and Madeline Badowski. The ones on the floor are Tanya Raghu, Olivia Betka, Sanjana Reddy, Molly Chambers, and Jennifer Zhan. The conference and workshop were held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of students who participated in the high school multimedia workshop during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. They are gathered in one of the alcoves of the hotel hallways, some sitting on chairs and some on the floor. The ones in chairs are Lauren Bannister, Lauren Jones, Alleyah Brown, Nina Melishkevich, and Madeline Badowski. The ones on the floor are Tanya Raghu, Olivia Betka, Sanjana Reddy, Molly Chambers, and Jennifer Zhan. The conference and workshop were held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of a group of high school students and the workshop directors sitting in a seating area. They will be participating in the Multimedia High School Workshop at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event is taking place at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of James Mueller, an interim associate dean and professor at Mayborn School of Journalism, and his wife Cathy Mueller standing at one of the more formal dinners during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event and conference was held in the Vineyard dining room at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of an attendee and James McGrath Morris, an author of biographies and narrative nonfiction, during a formal dinner in the Vineyard dining room. Both are holding glasses of what appears to be wine. They are at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference which was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of James McGrath Morris, an author of biographies and narrative nonfiction, attending the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. He is speaking to someone in the Austin Ranch Banquet Hall. He is wearing glasses. The conference took place on the grounds of the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of James McGrath Morris, an author of biographies and narrative nonfiction, speaking to the attendees of his panel "The Ambulance Drivers - Hemingway and Dos Passos". He is standing at a podium and behind him is a screen showing two images. One is of a typed document and the other is the cover of a book by John Dos Passos called "Three Soldiers". The 'The Power of Words' Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of James McGrath Morris, an author of biographies and narrative nonfiction, standing in front of the group of attendees at his panel "The Ambulance Drivers - Hemingway and Dos Passos". Behind him is a screen that has two Time Magazine covers displayed. It appears that Morris is listening to someone speaking from the seats in front of him. Among the attendees is Dorothy Bland, Dean of the Mayborn School of Journalism. The event was held during the 'The Power of Words' Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of James Mueller, the interim associate dean and professor with the Mayborn School of Journalism, standing on stage during a formal dinner and awards ceremony behind a podium. On the podium is a sign that reads "The Power of Words". The event occurred during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, which was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Jason Fagone, a contributing writer for the Huffington Post Highline, speaking to the attendees of the "Power of the Paycheck: A Roundtable on Freelancing" discussion. Down the table from him are the three other speakers Brooke Jarvis, Rachel Monroe, and Jia Tolentino. They are seated at a table in front of the attendees. The roundtable was held during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Jeff Whittington, KERA's executive producer for special projects, speaking while on the "The Art of Multimedia Storytelling: The Aryan Princess" panel. Seated beside him are Mike Wilson, editor of The Dallas Morning News, and Scott Farwell, senior general assignments and enterprise reporter at The Dallas Morning News. The panel was a part of the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference which was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Tom Huang, an editor at The Dallas Morning News, and Jeffrey Weiss, a reporter with The Dallas Morning News, sitting together during the "Dodging Death: Telling Your Personal Narrative in the Midst of Cancer". The panel took place at the 'The Power of Words' Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Jeffrey Weiss, a reporter with The Dallas Morning News, walking through a door that leads to the "Interview Room". A poster standing in front announces what the students participating in the Multimedia High School Workshop are doing inside. The event took place during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Jeffrey Weiss, a reporter with the Dallas Morning News, wearing a hat that has a note reading "Cancer Sucks" tucked into the band. He is being interviewed by the participants in the Multimedia High School Workshop. The event took place during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of three high school students participating in the Multimedia High School Workshop. Jennifer Zhan is holding a broadcast camera in her hands, it is pointed towards Alexis Rosebrock. Sanjana Reddy is standing behind them.

Photograph of Jesika Fisher, a Mayborn Scholar, speaking to other attendees of the Mayborn Scholar reception during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The event took place at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Jia Tolentino, a contributing writer to the New Yorker's website whose work has been featured in several publications and a past editor at Jezebel and the Hairpin, laughing during the "Personal Perspective or Navel Gazing?" panel that she was participating in. Behind her are Mike Graff, editor of the Charlotte magazine, and Sarah Hepola, editor, author and essay writer. The event was held during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.