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Nick Taylor spoke about his book American Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA - When FDR Put the Nation to Work. The book documents the history of the Works Progress Administration, a…

A panel discussion was held on the historical impact of the infrastructure programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Rural Electrification Administration, (REA). Topics included current efforts to document…

A panel discussion was held on the historical impact of the Works Progress Administration’s culture and history programs. The programs included federal funding for art, writers, theatre and music projects. After…

Moderated by Mr. Taylor, prize-winning nonfiction writers described how they found and developed the ideas for their popular nonfiction books. After their remarks they answered audience members'…

The panel of award-winning biographers talked about the highs and lows of writing biographies and shared stories about working on their famous subjects. Mr. Caro wrote Master of the Senate:…