Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive
Joel Meyerowitz talked about his book, Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive, published by Phaidon. His book contains 450 of the more than 8,000 images in the archive of the destruction and …
370 viewsJoel Meyerowitz talked about his book, Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive, published by Phaidon. His book contains 450 of the more than 8,000 images in the archive of the destruction and …
370 viewsWendy Kopp talked about her book A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All (PublicAffairs, 2011). In her book the founder of Teach for…
902 viewsNicholson Baker talked about his book, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization, which is a collection of previously published news items from the 1930s and 1940s…
1,391 viewsDavid Nasaw talked about his biography, Andrew Carnegie, published by Penguin Press. In his book Professor Nasaw, using new material, explained how Andrew Carnegie rose from poverty to becom…
1,017 viewsModerated by Ms. Linfield, a group of writers discussed topics such as the writer’s role as documentarian, scourge to conscience and action, and moral witness. They also explored whether tha…
741 viewsSlavoj Zizek, author of Violence: Six Sideways Reflections (Picador; July 22, 2008), and Bernard-Henri Levy, author of Left In Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism (Random House; Se…
1,337 viewsSamantha Power talked about her book Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. In the book she talks about the life and work of United Nations High Commissio…
2,395 viewsIn the first panel, “Propaganda Then and Now: What Orwell Did and Didn’t Know,” the panelists discussed the history of propaganda and deceptive political speech. Andras Szanto edited What…
690 viewsIn the third panel discussion, “Solutions: The Future Political Landscape” The “There You Go Again: Orwell Comes to America” conference invited historians, linguists, cognitive experts, j…
194 viewsIn the second panel discussion, “Deceiving Images: The Science of Manipulation,” Frank Luntz and others talked about how political candidates use language. “There You Go Again: Orwell Co…
1,184 viewsMr. Shenk talked with former first lady Rosalynn Carter about his book Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, published by Houghton Mifflin. Th…
1,096 viewsNobel Prize-winning novelist Gunter Grass and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer discussed their life and work with novelist Andrew O’Hagan on stage before an audience. Gunter Grass…
1,369 viewsClive James was interviewed about his book Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts, published by W.W. Norton. The book contains over 100 essays about many of the great…
931 viewsWilliam Vollmann talked about his book Poor People, published by HarperCollins. Mr. Vollman traveled all over the world, asking people why they are poor. In this book he records the answers,…
1,128 viewsParticipants talked about the impact of the Internet and on-line technology on the news media at a forum celebrating the tenth anniversary of Slate. Veterans of on-line journalism and observ…
241 viewsLIVE from the NYPL hosted a discussion titled “Who’s Afraid of Iran?” about the different conceptions people hold about Iranians and to expose some myths and stereotypes. It featured the the…
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