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Walter Jackson Bate talked about his book, Samuel Johnson, published by Counterpoint Press. The book is about the 18th century Briton who wrote the first dictionary in the English language.

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

R.F. Foster, an author, talked about the life and work of William Butler Yeats, the poet and Protestant Irish nationalist. The first of his two-volume biography is titled “W.B. Yeats: A Life…

Clare Tomalin talked about her biography, “Jane Austen: A Life". It examines the social milieu reflected in Austen’s novels such as "Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility” and how …

Patricia Storace interviewed Professor Robert Fagles of Princeton University about the years he spent working on translations of Homer’s “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey,” the challenges of tran…

Playwright Neil Simon reflected on his years of writing plays. He has recently written a memoir titled 'Rewrites'. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience.