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New York Review of Books contributor Darryl Pinckney talked about his book, Busted in New York and Other Essays, in which he reflected on the black experience in America.

The PEN America Literary Awards, given annually since 1963, recognizes books in a range of categories; from biography and science writing to essays and poetry.

French and American authors and teachers talked about women’s rights and the female condition since the writing of the 1949 book The Second Sex, by French author Simone de Beauvoir. “Still t…

Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland; Meghan Daum, author of Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House; and Stanley Aronowitz, author of The Death and Life of American Labor, talked abo…

Pamela Paul led a panel discussion with a selection of authors on their favorite books and their reading habits.

Margo Jefferson talked about her book, Negroland: A Memoir She spoke in the C-SPAN 2/BookTV tent at the 20th annual Texas Book Festival. The festival was held from October 17-18, 2015, at…

Jessica Hopper, author of The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, Margo Jefferson, author of Negroland, and Geoff Dyer, author of Another Great Day at Sea, talked a…

Margo Jefferson talked about her book Negroland: A Memoir, in which she talks about growing up among the black elite in America.

PEN American Center presented a forum called “State of Emergency: Unconventional Readings” as part of their “Campaign for Core Freedoms.” Fifteen authors read selections from such writers …