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Hank Cox talked about his book Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862, published by Cumberland House Publishing. It chronicles how President Lincoln dealt with an Indian rebellion in Minneso…

Author Leonard Garment talked about his book In Search of Deep Throat: The Greatest Political Mystery of Our Time, published by Basic Books. The book examines the Watergate scandal and its …

Mr. Lukacs talked about his book Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred, published by Yale University Press. He described the current state of American democracy, warning that the U.S. syst…

Author Wendell Berry talked about his book, Citizenship Papers, published by Shoemaker and Hoard. The book, composed of nineteen essays, addresses issues the author believes are in conflict …

Mr. Mallon read from and discussed his book, Mrs. Paine’s Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy, published by Pantheon Books. His book is the true story of Ruth Hyde Paine, the woman who …

In a portrayal of author H.L. Mencken, Mr. Chalberg talked about life, politics and literature in the early Twentieth Century.

Susan Sontag talked about her new book, Where the Stress Falls: Essays, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book is a collection of Ms. Sontag’s writings on topics such as literature…

Mr. Foster talked about his book Author Unknown: On the Trail of Anonymous, published by Henry Holt & Co. He also answered questions from the audience. The book explains the author’s revolu…

John Maxwell Hamilton talked about his book Casanova Was a Book Lover: And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities About the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Books, published by Louis…

Chinua Achebe read from and talked about his book Home and Exile, published by Oxford University Press. The book details his personal experiences and the political nature of culture. He resp…

Former presidential candidate and Senator Gary Hart (D-CO), writing uder the pseudonym John Blackthorn, talked about his book I, Che Guevara: A Novel, published by William Morrow. The book …

Mr. Cushman talks about his book, Bloody Promenade: Reflections on a Civil War Battle, published by the University Press of Virginia. The book is a narrative of poet Cushman’s personal resea…

Paul Hendrickson read from his new book, The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. It focused on how experiences in Vietnam changed the lives of five men. Follow…