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Rabih Alameddine: The Hakawati
Rabih Alameddine
October 7, 2009
00:54:55
Novelist Rabih Alameddine reads from The Hakawati, a framed narrative in the tradition of A Thousand and One Nights and The Canterbury Tales.
Jill McCorkle: Going Away Shoes
Jill McCorkle
October 6, 2009
00:38:59
Jill McCorkle reads from her new collection of short stories, Going Away Shoes. With her trademark wit and intelligence, McCorkle's new collection provides variations on the theme of women confronting the dark and difficult sides of love.
E.L. Doctorow: Homer & Langley
E.L. Doctorow
September 29, 2009
American novelist E.L. Doctorow talks about his new book, Homer & Langley, with noted publisher and editor Jason Epstein.
Lillian Ross on Ernest Hemingway
Lillian Ross
June 9, 2009
01:03:52
New Yorker writer Lillian Ross reflects on her famous 1950 profile of Ernest Hemingway. In celebration of the 110th anniversary of the Hemingway’s birth, Ross shares what she has learned about writing and writers throughout her career.
Tribute to John Updike
Tribute to John Updike
Nicholson Baker
June 1, 2009
01:01:50
Authors Nicholson Baker, Samuel Shem (pen-name of Dr. Stephen Bergman), and Anne Bernays; editor and journalist Charles McGrath; critic and scholar William Pritchard; and family members paid tribute to author John Updike, who passed away on January 27, 2009 at the age of 76.
Sarah Waters: The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters
May 1, 2009
00:59:45
Sarah Waters discusses her new book, The Little Stranger, a haunted house story set in 1940s Britian.
Susan Stewart: Poetry and Perception
Susan Stewart
April 16, 2009
00:49:26
Susan Stewart argues that poetry is a “slow” art form. What does she mean by this claim?
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon
April 10, 2009
01:30:48
Television writer and director Joss Whedon receives the third annual 2009 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism.