Lectures tagged "Sexuality"


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Kevin Sampsell and Justin Taylor
Kevin Sampsell
February 17, 2010
00:43:39
Writer Kevin Sampsell and blogger Justin Taylor read from their new books. In 2008, Kevin Sampsell's estranged father died of an aneurysm.
Lauren Grodstein: Friend of the Family
Lauren Grodstein
December 8, 2009
00:32:47
Lauren Grodstein reads from her new novel, A Friend of the Family, which tackles the precarious balance of family expectations and the widely-felt consequences that can result when those expectations are interrupted.
Debating Same-Sex Marriage / The Good Life
Michael Sandel
November 29, 2009
00:55:10
Lecture Twenty-Two: "Debating Same-Sex Marriage" If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how does society deal with the fact that people hold different ideas and conceptions of what is good?
Mary Karr: Lit, a Memoir
Mary Karr: Lit, a Memoir
Mary Karr
November 6, 2009
00:44:49
Poet and memoirist Mary Karr discusses her most recent memoir, Lit.
Pornografia
Danuta Borchardt
November 2, 2009
00:47:12
Translator Danuta Borchardt discusses her translation of Witold Gombrowicz's novel Pornografia. Witold Gombrowicz wrote Pornografia after leaving his native Poland for Argentina in 1939 and then watching from afar as the German invasion destroyed his country.
A Lesson in Lying / A Deal Is A Deal
Michael Sandel
October 25, 2009
00:55:04
Lecture Thirteen: "A Lesson in Lying" Immanuel Kant's stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions; he believed that telling a lie, even a white lie, is a violation of one's own dignity. His theory is put to the test with a hypothetical case.
The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President
Taylor Branch
October 8, 2009
00:54:57
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch takes us inside the Clinton White House with a discussion of The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President.
Jill McCorkle: Going Away Shoes
Jill McCorkle
October 6, 2009
00:38:59
Jill McCorkle reads from her new collection of short stories, Going Away Shoes. With her trademark wit and intelligence, McCorkle's new collection provides variations on the theme of women confronting the dark and difficult sides of love.