Videos

Terry Gross was interviewed by Frank Rich about her book All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists, published by Hyperion. The host of NPR’s Fresh Air di…

Mr. Kaplan talked about his book, The Singular Mark Twain: A Biography, published by Doubleday. In the book, the author explores the life and legacy of American writer Mark Twain. He examin…

Mr. Rich and Mr. Miller discussed American culture and politics. Miller’s play, “The Crucible,” which was about to begin a new run in New York, is about the practices of the McCarthy Era. Th…

Kate Clinton interviewed Calvin Trillin about writing humor and about his career as a humorist. He commented on the upcoming campaign and various other political issues. After his comments, …

Author Anna Quindlen spoke about her book “How Reading Changed My Life,” published by Ballantine Books. The book examined the power that books possess and how they could arouse emotions of f…

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

Author John Fowles spoke about his career as a writer, the way he writes, and his affection for Greece. Additionally, he spoke about his latest book “Wormholes: Essays and Occasional Writing…

Author Graham Robb talked about his new book, “Victor Hugo: A Biography,” published by W.W. Norton. The book examined Hugo’s poetry, plays, and novels, and political career.

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 …

Robert Fagles, a translator of the works of Homer, and actors Jason Robards and Kathryn Walker read portions of Homer’s epic “The Odyssey.” It tells the stories of Odysseus' attempts to retu…

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…

Poet Dereck Walcott read some of the poems from an upcoming collection titled, “The Bounty.” The collection opens with an elegy to his mother and contains several poems about his birthplace,…

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.

Panelists discussed the differences between book reviews and literary criticism. They examined such issues as academic vs. popular reviewing and whether there has been a decline in true lite…