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Two Writers Read: Helen E. Lee and Randall Kenan
February 19, 2003
Helen E. Lee writer, associate professor, MIT
Randall Kenan writer, columnist

Helen E. Lee and Randall Kenan read from their books.

Literature & Philosophy | People & Places
Authors | Helen E. Lee | Randall Kenan | African American | Profiles | Writing Process | Race
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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
Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century
James Orbinski
00:59:29
Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.
The Obama Year
Michael Porter
00:43:20
Harvard economist and business guru Michael E. Porter, pundit and advisor to presidents past David Gergen, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier, and Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty mix it up with a frank assessment of the President Obama's progress on his new agenda.
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action"
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II
Hill Harper
01:31:12
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
Creativity and Mood
Paul Muldoon
01:28:52
Poet and songwriter Paul Muldoon joins poet/playright Elizabeth Swados to explore the relationship between creativity and mood.
Image of Serpent's Gift
Author: Helen Elaine Lee
Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction (1995)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages
Image of Water Marked: A Novel
Author: Helen Elaine Lee
Publisher: Scribner (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 320 pages
Image of Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
Author: Randall Kenan
Publisher: Vintage (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 688 pages
Image of A Visitation of Spirits: A Novel
Author: Randall Kenan
Publisher: Vintage (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
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