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Professor Henry Louis Gates talked about writing African American history and answered questions from audience members. He co-authored with Professor Cornel West “The African-American Centur…

Washington Post Book columnist Michael Dirda spoke in Washington, D.C. at the Folger Shakespeare Library about why books were important to him. He was the author of "Readings: Essays and Lit…

As part of the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society’s Literary and Arts Festival, book reviewers discussed their craft and writers described the impact of book reviews. Susan Larson, book editor …

Mr. Dirda talks about the nature and joys of reading. He is the author of Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments, a collection of his monthly columns. The topics of the columns include…