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Jill Ker Conway talked about her new book, When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography. The book examines the difference in writing styles between men and women in autobiographical work…

Professor Edmundson talks about his book Why Read?, published by Bloomsbury USA. The book is on the relationship between a liberal arts education and literature. The author writes that liter…

Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley talked about how John F. Kennedy’s presidency shaped and influenced the culture of the 1960s. Tom Brokaw is the author of BOOM!: Voices of the Sixties. Topics incl…

The panel members reflected on the 20th century and changes that have shaped and changed our nation and the world since President Kennedy’s death. Scott Simon moderated. After their presenta…

Professor Conway, former president of Smith College, talked about her latest book, A Woman’s Education, the third installment of her continuing memoir. She talked about the professional and …

Panel members discussed the art of political biography. They outlined their philosophies of writing history and explored some of the content matter which went into their books. Joseph Ellis …

Ms. Santiago talked about her book, When I Was Puerto Rican, published by Random House. She focused on her life from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the barrios of Brooklyn, New York, and the hards…