Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan took part in a mock trial, part of a regular series hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. The…
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Sarah Weinman talked about the young woman who was the inspiration for Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita.
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Emory University history professor Joseph Crespino explored the life of Harper Lee’s father, Amasa Coleman Lee, and how he inspired the fictional character Atticus Finch.
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Our 2018 Fiction Edition of In Depth continues with bestselling novelist Brad Thor. Mr. Thor is the author of many thrillers, including The Lions of Lucern, Blowback, and his latest, Spy Master,…
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Jesmyn Ward is the first woman to win two National Book Awards for Fiction. She talked about why race is a prominent topic in her writing and why she decided to address these issues through…
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Author and playwright Tennessee Williams is best known for his plays, The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and A Streetcar Named Desire, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948. Kenneth Holditch,…
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William Faulkner first visited New Orleans in 1924 and stayed in a four-story house just off of Jackson Square, now the home of the Faulkner House Bookstore. Owner Joseph DeSalvo talked about the…
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Former President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson discussed their collaboration in writing a suspense novel that takes place against the backdrop of a national security threat and…
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Professor Tom Cronin talked about his book, Imagining a Great Republic, a survey of American novels that have helped tell the story of the American political experiment.
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Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, and others spoke at the PEN Literary Gala in New York City.
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Our 2018 Fiction Edition of In Depth continued with novelist Gish Jen. Gish Jen’s books include Typical American, Mona in the Promised Land, and World and Town.
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Presidential speechwriters and poets examined the speaking styles and speeches of presidents and politician. Speakers included David Litt, a speechwriter for former President Obama; Mary…
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Actor Erich Bergen and VH1 Save the Music Foundation’s Henry Donahue talked about federal funding of arts programs.
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Our 2018 Fiction Edition of In Depth continued with bestselling novelist, David Baldacci. Mr. Baldacci is the author of 40 novels, including Absolute Power, Wish You Well, and most…
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Authors Christina Baker Kline (A Piece of the World), Therese Anne Fowler (A Well-Behaved Woman), and Martin Seay (The Mirror Thief) talked about writing historical fiction.…
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Abigail Disney, a philanthropist, activist, documentary producer, and the great niece of Walt Disney, was the keynote speaker at the inaugural Columbia University women’s conference dubbed “She…
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In 1965, author and poet Carl Sandburg moved to a farm in Flat Rock, North Carolina, to get away from his busy life in Chicago. Sarah Perschall, with the National Park Service, talked about Sandburg’s life…
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Born in Asheville, author Thomas Wolfe immortalized his childhood in his first novel, Look Homeward Angel. Site Manager Tom Muir gave a tour of the home and recounted some of the memories that shaped Thomas…
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BookTV visited the Museum of the Bible and explored the Bible’s influence on literature and its impact on issues from government and legal systems to education, human rights, and more.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy presided over a mock trial of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Defense attorney Abbe Lowell represented the Prince of Denmark in his insanity plea and U.S. Attorney for…
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