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Boston Book Festival Lectures

Boston, MA

Audio-only
Border Crossing: Books About Social Justice
Mitali Perkins
October 16, 2010
01:03:00
Mitali Perkins, author of Bamboo People, Christina Gonzalez, author of The Red Umbrella, Richard Michelson, author of Busing Brewster and Lionel Vital (inspiration for Youme Landowne's Selavi) tell the stories and struggles of children around the world.
Audio-only
Death of the Novel: A Prognosis
David Shields
October 16, 2010
00:46:48
David Shields in Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, declares that the novel as we know it is dead, or at least is no longer central to our culture. He discusses his controversial assertion with Daphne Kalotay whose Russian Winter is described as "an auspicious first novel...
Audio-only
True Story: The Art of Non-Fiction
Noah Feldman
October 16, 2010
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.
Audio-only
One City One Story: Tom Perrotta's "The Smile on Happy Chang's Face"
Tom Perrotta
October 16, 2010
00:57:29
Boston residents gather to discuss the "One City One Story" selection of 2010: Tom Perrotta's The Smile on Happy Chang's Face. The story first appeared in the literary journal Post Road and was subsequently included in Best American Short Stories.
Writing a Memoir: Private Stories, Made Public
Writing a Memoir: Private Stories, Made Public
Jerald Walker
October 16, 2010
00:56:35
Three memoirists discuss going public with deeply personal stories. Screenwriter and actor Marianne Leone (Knowing Jesse) writes movingly about her son’s life and death.
The Legacy of Trauma
The Legacy of Trauma
Jessica Stern
October 16, 2010
01:05:00
Traumatic experiences have an insidious way of doing damage. Jessica Stern, an authority on terrorism, discusses Denial, her account of being sexually assaulted as a teenager and the equally traumatic aftermath. Dr.
Talking About Justice
Talking About Justice
Amartya Sen
October 16, 2010
00:53:19
Three noted scholars talk about justice. Nobel Prize-winner Amartya Sen, in The Idea of Justice, writes about how to achieve social justice in a world where cultures have widely differing beliefs.
The Economy: What Happened and How To Fix It
The Economy: What Happened and How To Fix It
Joseph E. Stiglitz
October 16, 2010
01:00:00
Three economists debate what has gone so horribly wrong and what possible prospects exist for an economic recovery.
Alicia Silverstone: Sexiest Vegetarian Alive
Alicia Silverstone: Sexiest Vegetarian Alive
Alicia Silverstone
October 24, 2009
00:39:30
Alicia Silverstone, perhaps best known for her generation-defining role in Clueless, is a dedicated advocate for the planet and its animals, and was voted "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" in 2004.
Matters of Faith
Matters of Faith
Cornel West
October 24, 2009
00:44:30
Radio host Christopher Lydon hosts a discussion on faith with Princeton professor Cornel West, Harvard Divinity professor Harvey Cox, and novelist Mary Gordon.
Joyce Carol Oates: Sourland
Joyce Carol Oates: Sourland
Joyce Carol Oates
October 16, 2010
01:02:00
Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates discusses her latest work, Sourland. Oates's utterly fearless, disquieting, and imaginative writing spans multiple genres and has established her as one of America's preeminent authors.
Dan Ariely and Mark Moffett: Bugs in the System
Dan Ariely and Mark Moffett: Bugs in the System
Dan Ariely
October 16, 2010
00:56:46
Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code and Mark Moffett studies the bugs under our feet. Ariely, in Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality, gives example after hilarious example of people behaving irrationally despite their most closely held beliefs.

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