Lectures tagged "novelist"

Chang-rae Lee: The Surrendered
Chang-Rae Lee
March 10, 2010
00:39:22
Award-winning novelist Chang-rae Lee reads from his newest work, The Surrendered.
The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson
Jerome Charyn
March 9, 2010
00:36:08
Novelist and Finalist for the 2005 PEN/Faulkner Award Jerome Charyn reads from his new novel, The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson.
Anna Lawrence Pietroni: Ruby's Spoon
Anna Lawrence Pietroni
February 25, 2010
00:41:25
Anna Lawrence Pietroni reads from her debut novel Ruby's Spoon. Cradle Cross in 1933 is a town in the heart of Black Country, England, still reeling from the Great War and dominated by a button factory in terminal decline.
John Banville: The Infinites
John Banville
February 23, 2010
00:47:52
Booker Prize--winning novelist John Banville reads from his new book The Infinities. On a languid midsummer's day in the countryside, old Adam Godley, a renowned theoretical mathematician, is dying.
Steve Yarbrough: Safe From the Neighbors
Steve Yarbrough
February 19, 2010
00:33:12
Award-winning novelist and finalist for the 2005 PEN/Faulkner Award, Steve Yarbrough reads from his newest novel, Safe from the Neighbors. Luke May teaches local history--his lifelong obsession--at his old high school in Loring, Mississippi.
Adam Haslett: Union Atlantic
Adam Haslett
February 18, 2010
00:38:52
Short story writer and debut novelist Adam Haslett reads from Union Atlantic. At the heart of Union Atlantic lies a test of wills between a young banker, Doug Fanning, and a retired schoolteacher, Charlotte Graves, whose two dogs have begun to speak to her.
Pinker and Goldstein: Science, Fiction, and God
Steven Pinker
February 17, 2010
01:23:00
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, philosopher and author of the new novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, discusses mind-body problems with her husband, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker.
Steve Almond 101
Steve Almond
February 16, 2010
01:16:00
Author Steve Almond reads from his new book, This Won't Take but a Minute, Honey, and discusses his unique take on the art and craft of creative writing. This lecture is particularly geared towards creative writing students and beginning writers.