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Making a Case for Comic Fiction
February 3, 2004
Mameve Medwed fiction writer
Tom Perrotta fiction writer
Stephen McCauley fiction writer

Mameve Medwed, Tom Perrotta, and Stephen McCauley explain and defend comic fiction.

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Cynthia Lopez: WAM! 2009 Keynote
Cynthia Lopez
01:00:49
Cynthia Lopez, vice president of American Documentary's P.O.V., delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference.
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
00:50:40
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
John Hodgman Interviewed by Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta
00:52:45
Tom Perrotta grills (or perhaps roasts, as on a slow-burning fire) the man whose irresistible humor begat Hodgmania on topics ranging from the sublime to the downright silly.
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.
Crafting Carmen: Creating a New Opera
Esther Nelson
00:47:16
Boston Lyric Opera’s General and Artistic Director Esther Nelson, Director of Artistic Operations Nicholas Russell, Director of Production Dan Duro and Carmen’s Stage Director Nicholas Muni share what it takes to get an opera to the stage, and discuss all that goes into creating a new produ
Media’s Mixed Messages to Women
Caryl Rivers
01:21:05
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett discuss current research on women and work, which finds that the mass media proliferates messaging that is in extreme conflict with the reality of women's lives.
Image of How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life
Author: Mameve Medwed
Publisher: Avon A (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
Image of Of Men and Their Mothers
Author: Mameve Medwed
Publisher: Avon A (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 304 pages
Image of The End of an Error
Author: Mameve Medwed
Publisher: Avon A (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 400 pages
Image of Host Family
Author: Mameve Medwed
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 320 pages
Image of Mail
Author: Mameve Medwed
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 320 pages
Image of The Abstinence Teacher (Reading Group Gold)
Author: Tom Perrotta
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages
Image of The Wishbones
Author: Tom Perrotta
Publisher: Berkley Trade (1998)
Binding: Paperback, 304 pages
Image of Alternatives to Sex: A Novel
Author: Stephen McCauley
Publisher: Washington Square Press (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 304 pages
Image of True Enough
Author: Stephen McCauley
Publisher: Washington Square Press (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 320 pages
Image of The Man of the House
Author: Stephen McCauley
Publisher: Washington Square Press (1996)
Binding: Paperback, 288 pages
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