Todd Purdum reads from his debut An Idea Whose Time Has Come
A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law... Read More
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James McMullan reads from Leaving China
James McMullan was born in Tsingtao, North China, in 1934, the grandson of missionaries who settled there. As a little... Read More
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Edward Hirsch discusses his latest A Poet’s Glossary
A major addition to the literature of poetry, Edward Hirsch’s sparkling new work is a compilation of forms, devices, groups,... Read More
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Leah Hager Cohen reads from her latest novel No Book But the World
As children, Ava and her brother Fred were raised in a "free" environment. Their parents, progressive educators and followers of... Read More
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Amanda Vaill reads from her latest Hotel Florida
Madrid, 1936. In a city blasted by a civil war that many fear will cross borders and engulf Europe—a conflict... Read More
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Ellen Feldman reads from her latest The Unwitting
In CIA parlance, those who knew were “witting.” Everyone else was among the “unwitting.” On a bright November day in... Read More
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Ava Chin reads from her debut Eating Wildly
In this touching and informative memoir about foraging for food in New York City, Ava Chin finds sustenance…and so much... Read More
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Burt Weissbourd reads from his latest In Velvet
The northwest corner of Yellowstone Park is closed for bear management, and Rachel, a bear biologist, is discovering some very... Read More
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Marni Fechter reads from her debut Royal Entertainment
When bleeding heart Melody Frank blows the whistle on her boss, she gets fired from her social services job, and... Read More
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Meryl Gordon reads from The Phantom of Fifth Avenue
Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one... Read More