Lectures tagged "Print"


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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.
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.
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.
John Callahan and Adam Bradley on Ralph Ellison
John Callahan
February 8, 2010
00:49:33
Editors John Callahan and Adam Bradley discuss Ralph Ellison's posthumously-published second novel Three Days Before the Shooting. At his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind roughly two thousand pages of his unfinished second novel, which he had spent nearly four decades writing.
Robert Darnton: The Case for Books
Robert Darnton
February 3, 2010
00:57:50
Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, discusses the historical and cultural importance of the printed word.
Thomas Ricks: General Petraeus and the American Military in Iraq
Thomas Ricks: General Petraeus and the American Military in Iraq
Thomas E. Ricks
February 1, 2010
00:45:21
Washington Post correspondent Thomas E. Ricks discusses his newly in paperback exploration of the Iraq war, The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq.
Charlotte Dennett: The People v. Bush
Charlotte Dennett
January 20, 2010
00:54:44
Journalist-turned-lawyer Charlotte Dennett discusses her new book, The People v. Bush: One Lawyer's Campaign to Bring the President to Justice and the National Grassroots Movement She Encountered Along the Way.
Harold Evans and Jason Epstein on Publishing and Memoirs
Harold Evans
December 3, 2009
00:52:45
Two lions of the publishing industry, Harold Evans and Jason Epstein, talk about their new memoirs. In My Paper Chase, Harold Evans recounts the wild and wonderful tale of newspapering life. His story stretches from the 1930s to his service in WWII, through towns big and off the map.