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    Regarding the Pain of Others Book Group Discussion

    The Broad Street Books of Ghent Nonfiction Book Club met to discuss Susan Sontag’s book Regarding the Pain of Others, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book explored photographic i…

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    In Depth with Susan Sontag

    Ms. Sontag is a human rights activist, playwright, essayist and cultural critic. Her books include novels, a collection of short stories, and works of non-fiction, including Against Interpre…

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    I Thought My Father Was God

    Mr. Auster, editor of I Thought My Father Was God, and Jacki Lyden, of National Public Radio, hosted a reading of fifteen of the stories included in the book. The book is an anthology of 180…

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    Where the Stress Falls

    Susan Sontag talked about her new book, Where the Stress Falls: Essays, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book is a collection of Ms. Sontag’s writings on topics such as literature…

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    National Book Awards Ceremony

    In a ceremony moderated by Steve Martin, jury chairpersons awarded National Book Awards to authors in several genres.

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    In America

    Ms. Sontag talked about her book In America: A Novel, published by Farrar, Strous, and Giroux. Set in the late nineteenth century, the novel chronicles the travels of a Polish-born actress …

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    National Book Award Finalists Readings

    Finalists for the National Book Awards 2000 in non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and young people’s literature read from their works. Mr. Cadnum read from The Book of the Lion, published by Viki…

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    New York Review of Books: 35th Anniversary

    Authors and poets read from selected books and poetry at the New York Review of Books.

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    Prose Readings

    Several authors read from their works to honor the 50th anniversary of Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux. Richard Merkin read from Tom Wolfe’s profile of Roger Straus because Mr. Wolfe was ill and…

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