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Howard Zinn and the Freedom to Write
October 3, 2010
Richard Hoffman writer, chair, PEN New England
Helene Atwan director, Beacon Press [homepage]
Martin Espada poet, professor
Marc Favreau editorial director, The New Press
Dave Zirin sportswriter, editor [homepage]

PEN-New England pays tribute to Howard Zinn's legacy of support for small presses and young writers with a panel discussion featuring writers and editors reflecting on his influence on their careers and their publishing houses. In the 60's Zinn's defiant writing built and extended the anti-war movement from shore to shore. His legacy of anti-establishment books, from the landmark The People's History of the United States to his final work, Three Plays: the Political Theater of Howard Zinn, he gave voice, credit, and visibility to those most often denied their voice in history, in their communities, in their own lives.

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Best American Essays 2010
Robert Atwan
01:04:00
Series editor Robert Atwan joins contributors John Summers and Jerald Walker to discuss The Best American Essays 2010, the 25th anniversary volume.
Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound
Ira Glass
01:29:00
John Biewen, author of Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound, joins public radio favorites Ira Glass, Jay Allison, and the Kitchen Sisters for an intimate evening of stories and clips, and to discuss how they do what they do, and why.
Gretchin Rubin: The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin
00:08:37
Gretchen Rubin discusses her book, The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun, with Bethanne Patrick.
Sherry Turkle: Expecting More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Sherry Turkle
00:52:57
MIT professor of technology and society Sherry Turkle discusses the effect our technology has on our social relationships and her new book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other.
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True Story: The Art of Non-Fiction
Noah Feldman
00:53:40
Writing a work of non-fiction that’s a page-turner has its challenges. The authors of three diverse works tell all: Noah Feldman’s latest, The Scorpions, digs into the amazing stories of four of FDR’s most influential Supreme Court justices.
Cultural History of the Great Depression
Morris Dickstein
00:50:49
English and theatre professor and Morris Dickstein discusses Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression.
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Binding: Paperback, 190 pages
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Author: Martín Espada
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 80 pages
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Binding: Paperback, 112 pages
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Binding: Paperback, 88 pages
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Author: Dave Zirin
Publisher: New Press, The (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 320 pages
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Author: Dave Zirin
Publisher: Scribner (2010)
Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages
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Binding: Paperback, 280 pages
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Author: Dave Zirin
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Binding: Paperback, 304 pages

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