Past Programs
- Oculus: Sally Wen Mao and Jenny XieJanuary 15, 2019 - 7:00pm
Sally Wen Mao and Jenny Xie discuss Mao’s new poetry collection, Oculus, in which she explores exile not just as a matter of distance and displacement, but also as a migration through time and a reckoning with technology.
Read More › - Climate in Motion: Deborah Coen and Daniel KehlmannDecember 10, 2018 - 7:00pm
Deborah Coen talks about her new book, Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale, with Daniel Kehlmann. Looking back to the nineteenth century, Coen uncovers the roots of modern climate science in the politics and growth of the Hapsburg Empire.
Read More › - A Terrible Country: Keith Gessen and Michael VazquezSeptember 25, 2018 - 7:00pm
Keith Gessen and Michael Vazquez talk about Gessen’s new novel, A Terrible Country, which follows a Russian-born American graduate student who learns how to navigate Putin’s Russia over the course of a year when he returns to Moscow to take care of his ailing grandmother.
Read More › - The Field of Blood: Joanne Freeman and Eric FonerSeptember 12, 2018 - 7:00pm
Joanne Freeman and Eric Foner discuss her new book, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War, in which she brings to light the history of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress in the decades preceding the Civil War and the consequences of that violence for
Read More › - American Eden: Victoria Johnson and Maya JasanoffJune 6, 2018 - 7:00pm
Victoria Johnson discusses her new biography, American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic, with Maya Jasanoff. In vivid prose, Johnson chronicles the life of the man
Read More › - West: Carys Davies and Salvatore ScibonaMay 3, 2018 - 7:00pm
Carys Davies and Salvatore Scibona talk about Davies’s first novel, West, which follows a man in 19th-century Pennsylvania who leaves his daughter in
Read More › - Fear City: Kim Phillips-Fein and Alexander BurnsApril 19, 2018 - 7:00pm
Kim Phillips-Fein and Alexander Burns discuss her latest book, Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of
Read More › - Songy of Paradise: Gary Panter and Dash ShawNovember 1, 2017 - 7:00pmThe cartoonists Gary Panter and Dash Shaw discuss Panter’s new graphic novel, Songy of Paradise—a reimagining of Milton’s Paradise Regained, with a hillbilly (Songy) in place of Jesus. Read More ›
- What She Ate: Laura Shapiro and Francine ProseOctober 11, 2017 - 7:00pmLaura Shapiro and Francine Prose talk about Shapiro’s new book, What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food that Tells Their Stories. The six women Shapiro writes about are Dorothy Wordsworth, Rosa Lewis (an Edwardian-era Cockney caterer), Eleanor Roosevelt, Eva Braun, Barbara Pym, and Helen Read More ›
- The Mountain: Paul Yoon and Katie RaissianSeptember 28, 2017 - 7:00pmPaul Yoon and Katie Raissian discuss Yoon’s story collection, The Mountain. These six stories, following migrants and survivors across continents and eras, explore movement, history, and time in tenderly-observed individual lives. Read More ›
- The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government: "The Half-Life of Freedom." Two lectures by Jelani Cobb, May 2 and 9May 9, 2017 - 7:00pmTHE HALF-LIFE OF FREEDOM: JELANI COBB delivers the 2017 Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government. Two lectures, May 2nd and 9th. Read More ›
- The Osage Murders: David Grann and Jeffrey ToobinApril 17, 2017 - 7:00pmDavid Grann and Jeffrey Toobin talk about Grann's new book, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. Read More ›
- The Night Ocean: Paul La Farge and Lev GrossmanMarch 9, 2017 - 7:00pmPaul La Farge and Lev Grossman discuss La Farge's new novel, The Night Ocean. Read More ›
- Rorschach’s Inkblots: Damions Searls and Mark KrotovMarch 1, 2017 - 7:00pmDamion Searls and Mark Krotov talk about Searls’ most recent book, The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing. Read More ›
- Elizabeth Bishop: Megan Marshall and Rosanna Warren February 16, 2017 - 7:00pmMegan Marshall and Rosanna Warren discuss Marshall’s new biography, Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast. Read More ›
- Chronicle of a Last Summer: Yasmine El Rashidi and Robyn CreswellOctober 27, 2016 - 7:00pmYasmine El Rashidi and Robyn Creswell discuss her novel, Chronicle of a Last Summer. Read More ›
- Shirley Jackson: Ruth Franklin and Dorothy WickendenOctober 13, 2016 - 7:00pmRuth Franklin and Dorothy Wickenden talk about Franklin’s biography, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life. Read More ›
- The Heart of the Declaration: Steve Pincus and Keith GessenOctober 6, 2016 - 7:00pmSteve Pincus and Keith Gessen discuss Pincus' most recent book, The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government. Read More ›
- Diane Arbus: Arthur Lubow and Wendy LesserMay 23, 2016 - 7:00pmArthur Lubow and Wendy Lesser talk about his new biography, Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer.Read More ›
- The Year of Lear: James Shapiro and John LithgowMay 2, 2016 - 7:00pmJames Shapiro and John Lithgow discuss Shapiro’s most recent book, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606. Read More ›
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