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Mr. Carroll and others talked about his book, Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews, A History, published by Houghton Mifflin. The book traces the element of anti-Semitism in the Cath…

A discussion was held on the relationship between literature and politics with authors Edwidge Danticat, Dave Eggers, Cynthia Ozick, and Orhan Pamuk. The authors explained an author’s role w…

Winners for the publishing year 2000, announced during this program, were: Ted Conover, author of Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, for General Nonfiction; Cynthia Ozick, author of Quarrel and Qu…

Four writers of poetry, fiction, literary essays and criticism discussed the question “Why read the classics?” The panelists explored issues related to the classics, including: the various…

Contributors to the book Best American Essays 1998 read from their essays. Mr. Atwan moderated the readings. The series has been published since 1986. The event was held at the Brattle Theat…

Panelists discussed the book edited by John Updike, A Century of Arts and Letters, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The book contained essays …

A forum was held to discuss the state of the publishing industry, which was moderated by Mr. Auletta. They talked about the sales of trade books, amount of books being returned and a general…