Presidential Biographers Panel
David Remnick, David Maraniss, Jonathan Alter, and Jacob Weisberg talked about their respective biographies of Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Reagan. The panel was moderated by Lesle…
1,129 viewsDavid Remnick, David Maraniss, Jonathan Alter, and Jacob Weisberg talked about their respective biographies of Presidents Obama, Clinton, Carter, and Reagan. The panel was moderated by Lesle…
1,129 viewsPanelists talked about writing biographies. Panelists included Terry Alford, author of Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth; Kirstin Downey, author of Isabella: The Warrior Queen; a…
708 viewsSylvia Jukes Morris talked about her book, Price of Fame: The Honorable Clare Boothe Luce, her second volume on the life of conservative commentator and former Representative Clare Booth Luc…
551 viewsMichael Korda spoke with authors Christopher Hitchens and Francine Prose about biographical writing at the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. All three authors were writing books for the…
913 viewsFrom the 31st annual Key West Literary Seminar in Key West, Florida, authors Jay Parini, Brenda Wineapple, Edmund White and Phyllis Rose talked about biographies and the limits of objectivit…
495 viewsPresidential biographers and historians Robert Caro, Bob Clark, and Ted Sorensen discussed their research and writings on former Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F.…
742 viewsJames Atlas moderated a panel of biographers who talked about their books and about writing biographies. After their presentations they answered questions from members of the audience. Ch…
809 viewsEdmund White Rimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel), Les Standiford, The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits)…
345 viewsA panel discussion was held on memoirs. Three authors read from portions of their memoirs and spoke about their writings. Following their individual presentations, the authors collectively r…
297 viewsScientific authors participated in a panel discussion on scientists. Among the topics they discussed were measuring the size of the galaxy; the work and life of scientist Kurt Godel; and the…
264 viewsMs. Armstrong discussed some of the themes of her biography Buddha, published as part of the Penguin Lives series by Viking. Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the major aspects of Buddha’s lif…
1,846 viewsMr. Atlas talked about his book Bellow: A Biography, published by Random House. The book is a biography of the novelist Saul Bellow. Mr. Cramer talked about his book Joe DiMaggio: The Hero…
334 viewsThe Authors Guild Foundation hosted a panel discussion on the popularity of memoirs. The panelists discussed the qualities that make a good memoir and why the general public is interested in…
159 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
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