Lectures tagged "9/11"

Man Gone Down: Portrait of a Biracial Marriage
Michael Thomas
February 6, 2007
00:45:46
Boston native Michael Thomas reads from his debut novel Man Gone Down, a striking portrait of a 35-year-old African American man in a biracial marriage, trying to claim a piece of the American Dream he has bargained on since his youth.
After 9/11 and the Making of WTC View
Brian Sloan
September 14, 2006
00:40:49
After a screening of his film WTC View: A Story of New York After 9/11, Brian Sloan speaks on his career as an independent director and author. Sloan's films include Boys Life and I Think I Do; he is currently working on a comedy starring Carson Kressley.
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Inside Afghanistan: President Karzai Post Taliban
Sarah Chayes
September 11, 2006
01:23:18
Sarah Chayes discusses the future of Afghanistan.
Lawrence Joseph: Into It
Lawrence Joseph
March 30, 2006
00:47:07
Lawrence Joseph discusses his most recent volume of poetry, Into It, which was written in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Joseph is introduced by Paul Mariani, a professor of English at Boston College.
Debating the USA Patriot Act
Viet Dinh
February 15, 2005
01:46:06
Co-author of the USA Patriot Act, Viet Dinh, and Congressman Barney Frank, D-MA, debate the merits of the controversial 2001 law in a public discussion.
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Healing Arts: A Doctor's Black Bag of Poetry
Rafael Campo
February 10, 2005
01:10:07
As part of the Lowell Humanities Series, poet Rafael Campo, MD, reads from his work.
Chain of Command: From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
Seymour M. Hersh
October 29, 2004
01:22:25
Seymour Hersh discusses his recent book Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib as well as the Bush Administration's "war on terror," its intelligence failures, and what he describes as the lies and obsession that led America into Iraq.
Homeland: Emotional Aftermath
Dale Maharidge
October 13, 2004
00:54:52
Reporting from middle America in the tradition of James Agee and Walker Percy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of author Dale Maharidge and photographer Michael Williamson discuss Homeland, a troubling and revealing narrative of the impact of 9/11 on our nation.