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    And How Are You Dr. Sacks?

    Journalist Lawrence Weschler talked about his book, And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks, in which he profiled the late neurologist and author Oliver Sacks.

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    The Little Book of Plagiarism

    Judge Richard Posner talked about his book The Little Book of Plagiarism, published by Pantheon. He discussed contemporary notions of plagiarism, intellectual property, and fair use in liter…

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    2006 National Book Critics Circle Awards- Criticism Finalists Readings

    Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the publishing year 2006 read from their works at an event held in the New School’s Tishman Auditorium on the evening before the awa…

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    Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences

    Lawrence Weschler was interviewed about his book, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences. He talked about examples of strange coincidences and synchronicities from his book.

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    The New New Journalism

    Mr. Boynton talked about his book The New New Journalism: Conversations with America’s Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft, published by Vintage. He and several contributors talked about…

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    The Art of Fact: Literary Nonfiction II

    The panelists talked about nonfiction literature and the creative process. They answered questions from members of the audience. Ms. Morrison served as moderator. Mr. Philbrick is the a…

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    Boggs

    Lawrence Weschler talked about his book Boggs: a Comedy of Values, published by University of Chicago Press. The book examines the life of money artist James Stephen George Boggs. Mr. Boggs,…

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    National Book Critics Circle Awards

    Two nominees of the National Book Critics Circle Award each read a portion of their books. Jonathan Harr read from his book “A Civil Action” about a lawyer that represented families make sic…

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