Tag: talks-readings
Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore
In her new book, Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore, historian Emily Lieb describes the Baltimore suburb of Rosemont, which in the...
“I Am André” Book Talk
Diana Mara Henry’s I Am André is an amazing real-life story of espionage, of courage and resistance, and of friendship and love. It pulls back the...
Frog: And Other Essays
A new collection of evocative personal essays from one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, Anne Fadiman. In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to...
China Night: Youth Voice and Open Mic
This gathering brings together alumni of the “Chinese Bridge” Eastern U.S. Competitions and China Institute study abroad programs to share...
Scatman John
John Larkin - a fast-living, hard-playing, stuttering jazz pianist - overcame abuse, addiction, ageism, and obscurity to stage one of the most...
30th Poets House Showcase Reading
Cameron Awkward-Rich, Jennifer Espinoza, Chet’la Sebree, and Annie Wenstrup’s newest collections explore rifts between personal and collective...
Field Guide to Falling Ill
From the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care....
Israel and the Holocaust – A Close Reading and Discussion
Professional development program centered around the legacy of the Holocaust in the creation of the State of Israel. The first part is an hour-long...
